diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index e73fb853b..d46f0ce43 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ gem "fast_jsonapi", "~> 1.5" # Serializer for Ruby objects
 gem "fastly", "~> 2.5" # Client library for the Fastly acceleration system
 gem "feedjira", "~> 3.1" # A feed fetching and parsing library
 gem "field_test", "~> 0.3" # A/B testing
-gem "figaro", "~> 1.1" # Simple, Heroku-friendly Rails app configuration using ENV and a single YAML file
+gem "figaro", "~> 1.2" # Simple, Heroku-friendly Rails app configuration using ENV and a single YAML file
 gem "fog-aws", "~> 3.6" # 'fog' gem to support Amazon Web Services
 gem "front_matter_parser", "~> 0.2" # Parse a front matter from syntactically correct strings or files
 gem "gemoji", "~> 4.0.0.rc2" # Character information and metadata for standard and custom emoji
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 5d4a370a4..a0469edef 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -319,8 +319,8 @@ GEM
       browser (>= 2.0)
       distribution
       railties (>= 5)
-    figaro (1.1.1)
-      thor (~> 0.14)
+    figaro (1.2.0)
+      thor (>= 0.14.0, < 2)
     fix-db-schema-conflicts (3.0.3)
       rubocop (>= 0.38.0)
     fog-aws (3.6.3)
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   fastly (~> 2.5)
   feedjira (~> 3.1)
   field_test (~> 0.3)
-  figaro (~> 1.1)
+  figaro (~> 1.2)
   fix-db-schema-conflicts (~> 3.0)
   fog-aws (~> 3.6)
   front_matter_parser (~> 0.2)