diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index b4cc28d1d..75108b4c4 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         "wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin": "dev-master"
     },
     "require-dev": {
-        "fzaninotto/faker": "~1.4",
+        "fzaninotto/faker": "~1.7",
         "phpunit/phpunit": "~5.7",
         "phpunit/phpunit-selenium": "~1.2"
     },