diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 79623493..fa0cdc9b 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -36,11 +36,16 @@ GEM
       rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.3)
     activemodel (5.2.4.2)
       activesupport (= 5.2.4.2)
+    activerecord (5.2.4.2)
+      activemodel (= 5.2.4.2)
+      activesupport (= 5.2.4.2)
+      arel (>= 9.0)
     activesupport (5.2.4.2)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
       i18n (>= 0.7, < 2)
       minitest (~> 5.1)
       tzinfo (~> 1.1)
+    arel (9.0.0)
     ast (2.4.0)
     bootsnap (1.4.6)
       msgpack (~> 1.0)
@@ -50,7 +55,12 @@ GEM
     coderay (1.1.2)
     concurrent-ruby (1.1.6)
     crass (1.0.6)
-    database_cleaner (1.8.4)
+    database_cleaner (2.0.1)
+      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 (2.0.1)
     deep_merge (1.2.1)
     diff-lcs (1.3)
     docile (1.3.2)
@@ -198,7 +208,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   actionview (>= 5.2.4.2)
   activesupport (~> 5.2.4)
   bundler (~> 2.0)
-  database_cleaner (~> 1.7)
+  database_cleaner (~> 2.0)
   mongoid (~> 6.0)
   pry-byebug
   rake (~> 12.0)
diff --git a/resource_registry.gemspec b/resource_registry.gemspec
index 516d8814..ec169773 100644
--- a/resource_registry.gemspec
+++ b/resource_registry.gemspec
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency 'mongoid',          '~> 6.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'activesupport',    '~> 5.2.4'
   spec.add_development_dependency "simplecov" #,  '~> 1.0'
-  spec.add_development_dependency "database_cleaner", '~> 1.7'
+  spec.add_development_dependency "database_cleaner", '~> 2.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency "timecop",          '~> 0.9'
   spec.add_development_dependency "rubocop",          '~> 0.74.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency "yard",         "~> 0.9"