diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index fd84dd4e..a55e139b 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ group :test do
   gem 'chromedriver-helper'
   gem 'database_cleaner'
   gem 'geckodriver-helper'
-  gem 'rspec-rails', '~> 3.5', '>= 3.5.2'
+  gem 'rspec-rails'
   gem 'selenium-webdriver'
   gem 'transactional_capybara'
   # for measuring test coverage
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 47d41f3b..0d072858 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ GEM
     rspec-mocks (3.6.0)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
       rspec-support (~> 3.6.0)
-    rspec-rails (3.6.0)
+    rspec-rails (3.6.1)
       actionpack (>= 3.0)
       activesupport (>= 3.0)
       railties (>= 3.0)
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rolify
   rqrcode
   rspec-activemodel-mocks
-  rspec-rails (~> 3.5, >= 3.5.2)
+  rspec-rails
   rubocop
   rubocop-rspec
   ruby-oembed (~> 0.12.0)