diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 0b54fc525..f2b177923 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ group :test do
   gem "approvals", "~> 0.0" # A library to make it easier to do golden-master style testing in Ruby
   gem "database_cleaner-active_record", "~> 1.8.0"
   gem "exifr", ">= 1.3.6" # EXIF Reader is a module to read EXIF from JPEG and TIFF images
-  gem "factory_bot_rails", "~> 6.0" # factory_bot is a fixtures replacement with a straightforward definition syntax, support for multiple build strategies
+  gem "factory_bot_rails", "~> 6.1" # factory_bot is a fixtures replacement with a straightforward definition syntax, support for multiple build strategies
   gem "launchy", "~> 2.5" # Launchy is helper class for launching cross-platform applications in a fire and forget manner.
   gem "pundit-matchers", "~> 1.6" # A set of RSpec matchers for testing Pundit authorisation policies
   gem "rspec-retry", "~> 0.6" # retry intermittently failing rspec examples
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index ece8cace9..71b8aba3f 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -318,10 +318,10 @@ GEM
     excon (0.75.0)
     execjs (2.7.0)
     exifr (1.3.6)
-    factory_bot (6.0.2)
+    factory_bot (6.1.0)
       activesupport (>= 5.0.0)
-    factory_bot_rails (6.0.0)
-      factory_bot (~> 6.0.0)
+    factory_bot_rails (6.1.0)
+      factory_bot (~> 6.1.0)
       railties (>= 5.0.0)
     faker (2.13.0)
       i18n (>= 1.6, < 2)
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   envied (~> 0.9)
   erb_lint (~> 0.0.34)
   exifr (>= 1.3.6)
-  factory_bot_rails (~> 6.0)
+  factory_bot_rails (~> 6.1)
   faker (~> 2.13)
   faraday-http-cache (~> 2.2)
   fast_jsonapi (~> 1.5)
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