diff --git a/test/gemfiles/no-rails.Gemfile b/test/gemfiles/no-rails.Gemfile
index 564f1c4..cd31967 100644
--- a/test/gemfiles/no-rails.Gemfile
+++ b/test/gemfiles/no-rails.Gemfile
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
 source "https://rubygems.org"
 
 # Declare your gem's dependencies in diaspora_federation.gemspec.
@@ -17,16 +19,16 @@ end
 
 group :test do
   # rspec formatter
-  gem "fuubar", "2.3.2",    require: false
+  gem "fuubar", "2.4.1",    require: false
   gem "nyan-cat-formatter", require: false
 
   # test coverage
-  gem "simplecov",                 "0.16.1",   require: false
+  gem "simplecov",                 "0.17.1",   require: false
   gem "simplecov-rcov",            "0.2.3",    require: false
 
   # test helpers
   gem "json-schema-rspec", "0.0.4"
-  gem "rspec-collection_matchers", "~> 1.1.2"
+  gem "rspec-collection_matchers", "~> 1.2.0"
   gem "rspec-json_expectations",   "~> 2.1"
   gem "webmock",                   "~> 3.0"
 end
@@ -35,7 +37,5 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem "rake"
 
   # unit tests
-  gem "rspec", "~> 3.8.0"
+  gem "rspec", "~> 3.9.0"
 end
-
- gem "fabrication", "< 2.17.0"
diff --git a/test/gemfiles/no-rails.Gemfile.lock b/test/gemfiles/no-rails.Gemfile.lock
index 79926f1..c6f3caa 100644
--- a/test/gemfiles/no-rails.Gemfile.lock
+++ b/test/gemfiles/no-rails.Gemfile.lock
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ PATH
   remote: ../..
   specs:
     diaspora_federation (0.2.6)
-      faraday (>= 0.9.0, < 0.16.0)
+      faraday (>= 0.9.0, < 0.18.0)
       faraday_middleware (>= 0.10.0, < 0.14.0)
       nokogiri (~> 1.6, >= 1.6.8)
       typhoeus (~> 1.0)
@@ -16,59 +16,59 @@ PATH
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    addressable (2.6.0)
-      public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 4.0)
+    addressable (2.7.0)
+      public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 5.0)
     crack (0.4.3)
       safe_yaml (~> 1.0.0)
     diff-lcs (1.3)
-    docile (1.3.1)
+    docile (1.3.2)
     ethon (0.12.0)
       ffi (>= 1.3.0)
-    fabrication (2.16.3)
-    faraday (0.15.4)
+    fabrication (2.20.2)
+    faraday (0.17.0)
       multipart-post (>= 1.2, < 3)
     faraday_middleware (0.13.1)
       faraday (>= 0.7.4, < 1.0)
-    ffi (1.10.0)
-    fuubar (2.3.2)
+    ffi (1.11.1)
+    fuubar (2.4.1)
       rspec-core (~> 3.0)
       ruby-progressbar (~> 1.4)
-    hashdiff (0.3.8)
+    hashdiff (1.0.0)
     json (2.2.0)
     json-schema (2.8.1)
       addressable (>= 2.4)
     json-schema-rspec (0.0.4)
       json-schema (~> 2.5)
       rspec
-    macaddr (1.7.1)
-      systemu (~> 2.6.2)
+    macaddr (1.7.2)
+      systemu (~> 2.6.5)
     mini_portile2 (2.4.0)
-    multipart-post (2.0.0)
-    nokogiri (1.9.1)
+    multipart-post (2.1.1)
+    nokogiri (1.10.4)
       mini_portile2 (~> 2.4.0)
     nyan-cat-formatter (0.12.0)
       rspec (>= 2.99, >= 2.14.2, < 4)
-    public_suffix (3.0.3)
-    rake (12.3.2)
-    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)
+    public_suffix (4.0.1)
+    rake (13.0.0)
+    rspec (3.9.0)
+      rspec-core (~> 3.9.0)
+      rspec-expectations (~> 3.9.0)
+      rspec-mocks (~> 3.9.0)
+    rspec-collection_matchers (1.2.0)
       rspec-expectations (>= 2.99.0.beta1)
-    rspec-core (3.8.0)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.8.0)
-    rspec-expectations (3.8.2)
+    rspec-core (3.9.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.9.0)
+    rspec-expectations (3.9.0)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.8.0)
-    rspec-json_expectations (2.1.0)
-    rspec-mocks (3.8.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.9.0)
+    rspec-json_expectations (2.2.0)
+    rspec-mocks (3.9.0)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.8.0)
-    rspec-support (3.8.0)
-    ruby-progressbar (1.10.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.9.0)
+    rspec-support (3.9.0)
+    ruby-progressbar (1.10.1)
     safe_yaml (1.0.5)
-    simplecov (0.16.1)
+    simplecov (0.17.1)
       docile (~> 1.1)
       json (>= 1.8, < 3)
       simplecov-html (~> 0.10.0)
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ GEM
     uuid (2.3.9)
       macaddr (~> 1.0)
     valid (1.2.0)
-    webmock (3.5.1)
+    webmock (3.7.6)
       addressable (>= 2.3.6)
       crack (>= 0.3.2)
-      hashdiff
+      hashdiff (>= 0.4.0, < 2.0.0)
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
@@ -93,15 +93,14 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   diaspora_federation!
   diaspora_federation-json_schema!
   diaspora_federation-test!
-  fabrication (< 2.17.0)
-  fuubar (= 2.3.2)
+  fuubar (= 2.4.1)
   json-schema-rspec (= 0.0.4)
   nyan-cat-formatter
   rake
-  rspec (~> 3.8.0)
-  rspec-collection_matchers (~> 1.1.2)
+  rspec (~> 3.9.0)
+  rspec-collection_matchers (~> 1.2.0)
   rspec-json_expectations (~> 2.1)
-  simplecov (= 0.16.1)
+  simplecov (= 0.17.1)
   simplecov-rcov (= 0.2.3)
   webmock (~> 3.0)