diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index db0c67f42..845034036 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ group :test do
   # Cucumber (integration tests)
 
   gem 'capybara',           '2.4.4'
-  gem 'database_cleaner',   '1.3.0'
+  gem 'database_cleaner',   '1.4.0'
   gem 'selenium-webdriver', '2.44.0'
 
   # General helpers
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index b442c101c..620d57ed4 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ GEM
       mime-types (>= 1.16, < 3)
       nokogiri (~> 1.5)
       rails (>= 3, < 5)
-    database_cleaner (1.3.0)
+    database_cleaner (1.4.0)
     debugger-linecache (1.2.0)
     devise (3.4.1)
       bcrypt (~> 3.0)
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   compass-rails (= 2.0.0)
   configurate (= 0.2.0)
   cucumber-rails (= 1.4.2)
-  database_cleaner (= 1.3.0)
+  database_cleaner (= 1.4.0)
   devise (= 3.4.1)
   devise-token_authenticatable (~> 0.3.0)
   devise_lastseenable (= 0.0.4)