diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 1d7e16841b6a3..710021fd7243d 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ end
 
 group :development, :test do
   # For ./tools/dev/update_gem_licenses.sh
-  gem 'license_finder', '5.11.1'
+  gem 'license_finder', '6.0.0'
   # running documentation generation tasks and rspec tasks
   gem 'rake'
   # Define `rake spec`.  Must be in development AND test so that its available by default as a rake test when the
   # environment is development
-  gem 'rspec-rails'
+  gem 'rspec-rails', '>= 8.0.0'
   gem 'rspec-rerun'
   # Required during CI as well local development
   gem 'rubocop', '1.75.7'
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ end
 group :test do
   # automatically include factories from spec/factories
   gem 'test-prof'
-  gem 'factory_bot_rails'
+  gem 'factory_bot_rails', '>= 6.5.0'
   # Make rspec output shorter and more useful
   gem 'fivemat'
   # rspec formatter for acceptance tests