diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 8c8f10b801..10cadee5ed 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ GEM
     jaro_winkler (1.5.3)
     json (2.2.0)
     method_source (0.9.2)
-    minitest (5.11.3)
+    minitest (5.12.0)
     parallel (1.17.0)
     parser (2.6.4.0)
       ast (~> 2.4.0)
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ PLATFORMS
 
 DEPENDENCIES
   faker!
-  minitest (= 5.11.3)
+  minitest (= 5.12.0)
   pry (= 0.12.2)
   rake (= 12.3.3)
   rubocop (= 0.74.0)
diff --git a/faker.gemspec b/faker.gemspec
index 7a7bec2f47..04a1a42b92 100644
--- a/faker.gemspec
+++ b/faker.gemspec
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 
   spec.add_dependency('i18n', '~> 1.6.0')
 
-  spec.add_development_dependency('minitest', '5.11.3')
+  spec.add_development_dependency('minitest', '5.12.0')
   spec.add_development_dependency('pry', '0.12.2')
   spec.add_development_dependency('rake', '12.3.3')
   spec.add_development_dependency('rubocop', '0.74.0')