diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 3a49068..4be0471 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -265,4 +265,4 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   yard
 
 BUNDLED WITH
-   1.16.2
+   1.16.5
diff --git a/test/gemfiles/no-rails.Gemfile b/test/gemfiles/no-rails.Gemfile
index ef5ef8f..564f1c4 100644
--- a/test/gemfiles/no-rails.Gemfile
+++ b/test/gemfiles/no-rails.Gemfile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ end
 
 group :test do
   # rspec formatter
-  gem "fuubar", "2.3.1",    require: false
+  gem "fuubar", "2.3.2",    require: false
   gem "nyan-cat-formatter", require: false
 
   # test coverage
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem "rake"
 
   # unit tests
-  gem "rspec", "~> 3.7.0"
+  gem "rspec", "~> 3.8.0"
 end
 
  gem "fabrication", "< 2.17.0"
diff --git a/test/gemfiles/no-rails.Gemfile.lock b/test/gemfiles/no-rails.Gemfile.lock
index c22af7e..5d27d83 100644
--- a/test/gemfiles/no-rails.Gemfile.lock
+++ b/test/gemfiles/no-rails.Gemfile.lock
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ GEM
     ethon (0.11.0)
       ffi (>= 1.3.0)
     fabrication (2.16.3)
-    faraday (0.15.2)
+    faraday (0.15.3)
       multipart-post (>= 1.2, < 3)
     faraday_middleware (0.12.2)
       faraday (>= 0.7.4, < 1.0)
     ffi (1.9.25)
-    fuubar (2.3.1)
+    fuubar (2.3.2)
       rspec-core (~> 3.0)
       ruby-progressbar (~> 1.4)
     hashdiff (0.3.7)
@@ -44,29 +44,29 @@ GEM
       systemu (~> 2.6.2)
     mini_portile2 (2.3.0)
     multipart-post (2.0.0)
-    nokogiri (1.8.3)
+    nokogiri (1.8.4)
       mini_portile2 (~> 2.3.0)
     nyan-cat-formatter (0.12.0)
       rspec (>= 2.99, >= 2.14.2, < 4)
-    public_suffix (3.0.2)
+    public_suffix (3.0.3)
     rake (12.3.1)
-    rspec (3.7.0)
-      rspec-core (~> 3.7.0)
-      rspec-expectations (~> 3.7.0)
-      rspec-mocks (~> 3.7.0)
+    rspec (3.8.0)
+      rspec-core (~> 3.8.0)
+      rspec-expectations (~> 3.8.0)
+      rspec-mocks (~> 3.8.0)
     rspec-collection_matchers (1.1.3)
       rspec-expectations (>= 2.99.0.beta1)
-    rspec-core (3.7.1)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.7.0)
-    rspec-expectations (3.7.0)
+    rspec-core (3.8.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.8.0)
+    rspec-expectations (3.8.1)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.7.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.8.0)
     rspec-json_expectations (2.1.0)
-    rspec-mocks (3.7.0)
+    rspec-mocks (3.8.0)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.7.0)
-    rspec-support (3.7.1)
-    ruby-progressbar (1.9.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.8.0)
+    rspec-support (3.8.0)
+    ruby-progressbar (1.10.0)
     safe_yaml (1.0.4)
     simplecov (0.16.1)
       docile (~> 1.1)
@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   diaspora_federation-json_schema!
   diaspora_federation-test!
   fabrication (< 2.17.0)
-  fuubar (= 2.3.1)
+  fuubar (= 2.3.2)
   json-schema-rspec (= 0.0.4)
   nyan-cat-formatter
   rake
-  rspec (~> 3.7.0)
+  rspec (~> 3.8.0)
   rspec-collection_matchers (~> 1.1.2)
   rspec-json_expectations (~> 2.1)
   simplecov (= 0.16.1)
@@ -106,4 +106,4 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   webmock (~> 3.0)
 
 BUNDLED WITH
-   1.16.2
+   1.16.5
diff --git a/test/gemfiles/rails4.Gemfile b/test/gemfiles/rails4.Gemfile
index a671fa5..8de5931 100644
--- a/test/gemfiles/rails4.Gemfile
+++ b/test/gemfiles/rails4.Gemfile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ end
 
 group :test do
   # rspec formatter
-  gem "fuubar", "2.3.1",    require: false
+  gem "fuubar", "2.3.2",    require: false
   gem "nyan-cat-formatter", require: false
 
   # test coverage
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem "rake"
 
   # unit tests
-  gem "rspec", "~> 3.7.0"
-  gem "rspec-rails", "~> 3.7.0"
+  gem "rspec", "~> 3.8.0"
+  gem "rspec-rails", "~> 3.8.0"
 end
 
  gem "fabrication", "< 2.17.0"
diff --git a/test/gemfiles/rails4.Gemfile.lock b/test/gemfiles/rails4.Gemfile.lock
index ff5a31d..1a69f78 100644
--- a/test/gemfiles/rails4.Gemfile.lock
+++ b/test/gemfiles/rails4.Gemfile.lock
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ GEM
     ethon (0.11.0)
       ffi (>= 1.3.0)
     fabrication (2.16.3)
-    faraday (0.15.2)
+    faraday (0.15.3)
       multipart-post (>= 1.2, < 3)
     faraday_middleware (0.12.2)
       faraday (>= 0.7.4, < 1.0)
     ffi (1.9.25)
-    fuubar (2.3.1)
+    fuubar (2.3.2)
       rspec-core (~> 3.0)
       ruby-progressbar (~> 1.4)
     hashdiff (0.3.7)
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ GEM
     mini_portile2 (2.3.0)
     minitest (5.11.3)
     multipart-post (2.0.0)
-    nokogiri (1.8.3)
+    nokogiri (1.8.4)
       mini_portile2 (~> 2.3.0)
     nyan-cat-formatter (0.12.0)
       rspec (>= 2.99, >= 2.14.2, < 4)
-    public_suffix (3.0.2)
+    public_suffix (3.0.3)
     rack (1.6.10)
     rack-test (0.6.3)
       rack (>= 1.0)
@@ -97,31 +97,31 @@ GEM
       rake (>= 0.8.7)
       thor (>= 0.18.1, < 2.0)
     rake (12.3.1)
-    rspec (3.7.0)
-      rspec-core (~> 3.7.0)
-      rspec-expectations (~> 3.7.0)
-      rspec-mocks (~> 3.7.0)
+    rspec (3.8.0)
+      rspec-core (~> 3.8.0)
+      rspec-expectations (~> 3.8.0)
+      rspec-mocks (~> 3.8.0)
     rspec-collection_matchers (1.1.3)
       rspec-expectations (>= 2.99.0.beta1)
-    rspec-core (3.7.1)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.7.0)
-    rspec-expectations (3.7.0)
+    rspec-core (3.8.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.8.0)
+    rspec-expectations (3.8.1)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.7.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.8.0)
     rspec-json_expectations (2.1.0)
-    rspec-mocks (3.7.0)
+    rspec-mocks (3.8.0)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.7.0)
-    rspec-rails (3.7.2)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.8.0)
+    rspec-rails (3.8.0)
       actionpack (>= 3.0)
       activesupport (>= 3.0)
       railties (>= 3.0)
-      rspec-core (~> 3.7.0)
-      rspec-expectations (~> 3.7.0)
-      rspec-mocks (~> 3.7.0)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.7.0)
-    rspec-support (3.7.1)
-    ruby-progressbar (1.9.0)
+      rspec-core (~> 3.8.0)
+      rspec-expectations (~> 3.8.0)
+      rspec-mocks (~> 3.8.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.8.0)
+    rspec-support (3.8.0)
+    ruby-progressbar (1.10.0)
     safe_yaml (1.0.4)
     simplecov (0.16.1)
       docile (~> 1.1)
@@ -155,17 +155,17 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   diaspora_federation-rails!
   diaspora_federation-test!
   fabrication (< 2.17.0)
-  fuubar (= 2.3.1)
+  fuubar (= 2.3.2)
   json-schema-rspec (= 0.0.4)
   nyan-cat-formatter
   rake
-  rspec (~> 3.7.0)
+  rspec (~> 3.8.0)
   rspec-collection_matchers (~> 1.1.2)
   rspec-json_expectations (~> 2.1)
-  rspec-rails (~> 3.7.0)
+  rspec-rails (~> 3.8.0)
   simplecov (= 0.16.1)
   simplecov-rcov (= 0.2.3)
   webmock (~> 3.0)
 
 BUNDLED WITH
-   1.16.2
+   1.16.5