diff --git a/appium_lib.gemspec b/appium_lib.gemspec
index ab80af5f..056c9444 100644
--- a/appium_lib.gemspec
+++ b/appium_lib.gemspec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'tomlrb', '>= 1.1', '< 3.0'
 
   s.add_development_dependency 'appium_thor', '~> 2.0'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'fakefs', '~> 2.5.0'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'fakefs', '~> 2.7.1'
   s.add_development_dependency 'hashdiff', '~> 1.1.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'minitest', '~> 5.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'minitest-reporters', '~> 1.1'