diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index ac4dcae..2599680 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -56,6 +56,6 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem "rake"
 
   # unit tests
-  gem "rspec", "~> 3.11.0"
+  gem "rspec", "~> 3.12.0"
   gem "rspec-rails", "~> 5.1.2"
 end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index e73d3ed..424fd66 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -142,21 +142,21 @@ GEM
       ffi (~> 1.0)
     regexp_parser (2.8.1)
     rexml (3.2.5)
-    rspec (3.11.0)
-      rspec-core (~> 3.11.0)
-      rspec-expectations (~> 3.11.0)
-      rspec-mocks (~> 3.11.0)
+    rspec (3.12.0)
+      rspec-core (~> 3.12.0)
+      rspec-expectations (~> 3.12.0)
+      rspec-mocks (~> 3.12.0)
     rspec-collection_matchers (1.2.0)
       rspec-expectations (>= 2.99.0.beta1)
-    rspec-core (3.11.0)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.11.0)
-    rspec-expectations (3.11.0)
+    rspec-core (3.12.2)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.12.0)
+    rspec-expectations (3.12.3)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.11.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.12.0)
     rspec-json_expectations (2.2.0)
-    rspec-mocks (3.11.1)
+    rspec-mocks (3.12.5)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.11.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.12.0)
     rspec-rails (5.1.2)
       actionpack (>= 5.2)
       activesupport (>= 5.2)
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ GEM
       rspec-expectations (~> 3.10)
       rspec-mocks (~> 3.10)
       rspec-support (~> 3.10)
-    rspec-support (3.11.0)
+    rspec-support (3.12.0)
     rubocop (1.52.0)
       json (~> 2.3)
       parallel (~> 1.10)
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   pry
   pry-byebug
   rake
-  rspec (~> 3.11.0)
+  rspec (~> 3.12.0)
   rspec-collection_matchers (~> 1.2.0)
   rspec-json_expectations (~> 2.1)
   rspec-rails (~> 5.1.2)
diff --git a/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/entities/relayable_spec.rb b/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/entities/relayable_spec.rb
index 1bcf51a..d143264 100644
--- a/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/entities/relayable_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/entities/relayable_spec.rb
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ module DiasporaFederation
                 parent:           remote_parent
               }.merge("new_property" => new_property),
               %w[author guid parent_guid new_property property],
-              "new_property" => new_property
+              {"new_property" => new_property}
             ).and_call_original
             Entities::SomeRelayable.from_hash(entity_data, property_order)
           end
diff --git a/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/entity_spec.rb b/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/entity_spec.rb
index 60b33b9..45071c9 100644
--- a/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/entity_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/entity_spec.rb
@@ -200,9 +200,11 @@ module DiasporaFederation
 
       it "calls .from_hash with the hash representation of provided XML" do
         expect(Entities::TestDefaultEntity).to receive(:from_hash).with(
-          test1: "asdf",
-          test2: "qwer",
-          test3: true
+          {
+            test1: "asdf",
+            test2: "qwer",
+            test3: true
+          }
         )
         Entities::TestDefaultEntity.from_xml(Nokogiri::XML(<<~XML).root)
           <test_default_entity>
@@ -340,7 +342,7 @@ module DiasporaFederation
         }
         expect(Entities::TestEntity).to receive(:json_parser_class).and_call_original
         expect_any_instance_of(Parsers::JsonParser).to receive(:parse).with(json).and_call_original
-        expect(Entities::TestEntity).to receive(:from_hash).with(test: "value")
+        expect(Entities::TestEntity).to receive(:from_hash).with({test: "value"})
         Entities::TestEntity.from_json(json)
       end
 
@@ -388,7 +390,7 @@ module DiasporaFederation
 
       it "calls a constructor of the entity of the appropriate type" do
         entity_data = {test1: "abc", test2: "123"}
-        expect(Entities::TestDefaultEntity).to receive(:new).with(test1: "abc", test2: "123")
+        expect(Entities::TestDefaultEntity).to receive(:new).with({test1: "abc", test2: "123"})
         Entities::TestDefaultEntity.from_hash(entity_data)
       end