diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index af470de..5d3c890 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
 gem 'syslogger', git: 'https://github.com/jbussdieker/syslogger.git', :branch => 'implement_log_formatter'
 gem 'rails', '4.2.8'
-gem 'rake', '< 11.0'
+gem 'rake', '< 13.0'
 gem 'mysql2', '0.3.18'
 gem 'puppet', '3.8.5' # NOTE: this should match what we are using in production
 gem 'safe_yaml', '~> 1.0.4'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 9c18ca3..cd772e8 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ GEM
       rake (>= 0.8.7)
       thor (>= 0.18.1, < 2.0)
     raindrops (0.19.0)
-    rake (10.5.0)
+    rake (12.3.3)
     responders (2.4.0)
       actionpack (>= 4.2.0, < 5.3)
       railties (>= 4.2.0, < 5.3)
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   puppet (= 3.8.5)
   rails (= 4.2.8)
   rails-bootstrap (~> 3.0.0)
-  rake (< 11.0)
+  rake (< 13.0)
   responders (~> 2.0)
   rspec (~> 3.6.0)
   rspec-rails (~> 3.6.0)