diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 2ce689110..0c5aa5e3a 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ group :test do
   # General helpers
 
   gem "factory_girl_rails", "4.7.0"
-  gem "timecop",            "0.8.0"
+  gem "timecop",            "0.8.1"
   gem "webmock",            "1.22.6", require: false
   gem "shoulda-matchers",   "3.1.1"
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 9a3245bff..3354755fa 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ GEM
     thor (0.19.1)
     thread_safe (0.3.5)
     tilt (1.4.1)
-    timecop (0.8.0)
+    timecop (0.8.1)
     timers (4.0.4)
       hitimes
     tins (1.6.0)
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   spring-commands-cucumber (= 1.0.1)
   spring-commands-rspec (= 1.0.4)
   test_after_commit (= 1.0.0)
-  timecop (= 0.8.0)
+  timecop (= 0.8.1)
   turbo_dev_assets (= 0.0.2)
   twitter (= 5.16.0)
   twitter-text (= 1.13.3)