diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index ce239b81b..b1bbbb9da 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ group :test do
   # Cucumber (integration tests)
 
   gem "capybara",           "2.14.4"
-  gem "database_cleaner",   "1.5.3"
+  gem "database_cleaner",   "1.6.1"
   gem "poltergeist",        "1.13.0"
 
   gem "cucumber-api-steps", "0.13", require: false
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 9b2c512ff..3b23e20f3 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ GEM
       nokogiri (~> 1.5)
       railties (>= 3, < 5.1)
     cucumber-wire (0.0.1)
-    database_cleaner (1.5.3)
+    database_cleaner (1.6.1)
     devise (4.3.0)
       bcrypt (~> 3.0)
       orm_adapter (~> 0.1)
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   coveralls
   cucumber-api-steps (= 0.13)
   cucumber-rails (= 1.4.5)
-  database_cleaner (= 1.5.3)
+  database_cleaner (= 1.6.1)
   devise (= 4.3.0)
   devise_lastseenable (= 0.0.6)
   diaspora-prosody-config (= 0.0.7)