diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 652d9b6aa..88981d502 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem 'annotate'
   gem 'faker', '~> 2.11'
   gem 'timecop'
-  gem 'database_cleaner', '1.8.3'
+  gem 'database_cleaner', '2.0.0'
   gem 'launchy'
   gem 'simplecov', require: false
   gem 'sinatra'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index bcb0d8319..ffcd94159 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -150,7 +150,12 @@ GEM
       cucumber-rails (>= 1.1.1)
     cucumber-tag_expressions (1.1.1)
     cucumber-wire (0.0.1)
-    database_cleaner (1.8.3)
+    database_cleaner (2.0.0)
+      database_cleaner-active_record (~> 2.0.0)
+    database_cleaner-active_record (2.0.0)
+      activerecord (>= 5.a)
+      database_cleaner-core (~> 2.0.0)
+    database_cleaner-core (2.0.0)
     datetime_picker_rails (0.0.7)
       momentjs-rails (>= 2.8.1)
     debug_inspector (0.0.3)
@@ -556,7 +561,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   coffee-rails (= 5.0.0)
   cucumber-rails
   cucumber-rails-training-wheels
-  database_cleaner (= 1.8.3)
+  database_cleaner (= 2.0.0)
   devise (~> 4.7)
   devise_invitable (~> 2.0)
   dotenv-rails