diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 34500d6ea1ec..88e459b4c402 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ gem "view_component"
 gem "lookbook", "~> 2.3.0"
 
 # Require factory_bot for usage with openproject plugins testing
-gem "factory_bot", "~> 6.4.0", require: false
+gem "factory_bot", "~> 6.5.0", require: false
 # require factory_bot_rails for convenience in core development
 gem "factory_bot_rails", "~> 6.4.0", require: false
 
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ group :test do
   gem "rack_session_access"
   gem "rspec", "~> 3.13.0"
   # also add to development group, so 'spec' rake task gets loaded
-  gem "rspec-rails", "~> 6.1.0", group: :development
+  gem "rspec-rails", "~> 7.0.0", group: :development
 
   # Retry failures within the same environment
   gem "retriable", "~> 3.1.1"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index dabab1efc099..414e4d98fad9 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ GEM
       activerecord (>= 4.0.0, < 8.0)
     awrence (1.2.1)
     aws-eventstream (1.3.0)
-    aws-partitions (1.970.0)
+    aws-partitions (1.971.0)
     aws-sdk-core (3.203.0)
       aws-eventstream (~> 1, >= 1.3.0)
       aws-partitions (~> 1, >= 1.651.0)
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ GEM
     eventmachine (1.2.7)
     eventmachine_httpserver (0.2.1)
     excon (0.111.0)
-    factory_bot (6.4.6)
+    factory_bot (6.5.0)
       activesupport (>= 5.0.0)
     factory_bot_rails (6.4.3)
       factory_bot (~> 6.4)
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ GEM
       omniauth (~> 1.1)
       omniauth-openid-connect (>= 0.2.1)
       rails (>= 3.2.21)
-    logger (1.6.0)
+    logger (1.6.1)
     lograge (0.14.0)
       actionpack (>= 4)
       activesupport (>= 4)
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ GEM
     rb-fsevent (0.11.2)
     rb-inotify (0.11.1)
       ffi (~> 1.0)
-    rb_sys (0.9.100)
+    rb_sys (0.9.102)
     rbtrace (0.5.1)
       ffi (>= 1.0.6)
       msgpack (>= 0.4.3)
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ GEM
     redis-client (0.22.2)
       connection_pool
     regexp_parser (2.9.2)
-    reline (0.5.9)
+    reline (0.5.10)
       io-console (~> 0.5)
     representable (3.2.0)
       declarative (< 0.1.0)
@@ -972,8 +972,7 @@ GEM
       actionpack (>= 5.2)
       railties (>= 5.2)
     retriable (3.1.2)
-    rexml (3.3.6)
-      strscan
+    rexml (3.3.7)
     rinku (2.0.6)
     roar (1.2.0)
       representable (~> 3.1)
@@ -985,16 +984,16 @@ GEM
       rspec-mocks (~> 3.13.0)
     rspec-core (3.13.1)
       rspec-support (~> 3.13.0)
-    rspec-expectations (3.13.2)
+    rspec-expectations (3.13.3)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
       rspec-support (~> 3.13.0)
     rspec-mocks (3.13.1)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
       rspec-support (~> 3.13.0)
-    rspec-rails (6.1.5)
-      actionpack (>= 6.1)
-      activesupport (>= 6.1)
-      railties (>= 6.1)
+    rspec-rails (7.0.1)
+      actionpack (>= 7.0)
+      activesupport (>= 7.0)
+      railties (>= 7.0)
       rspec-core (~> 3.13)
       rspec-expectations (~> 3.13)
       rspec-mocks (~> 3.13)
@@ -1095,7 +1094,6 @@ GEM
       activerecord (>= 6.1)
     stringex (2.8.6)
     stringio (3.1.1)
-    strscan (3.1.0)
     structured_warnings (0.4.0)
     svg-graph (2.2.2)
     swd (2.0.3)
@@ -1183,7 +1181,7 @@ GEM
       zeitwerk (>= 2.6)
     xpath (3.2.0)
       nokogiri (~> 1.8)
-    yard (0.9.36)
+    yard (0.9.37)
     zeitwerk (2.6.18)
 
 PLATFORMS
@@ -1241,7 +1239,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   erb_lint
   erblint-github
   escape_utils (~> 1.3)
-  factory_bot (~> 6.4.0)
+  factory_bot (~> 6.5.0)
   factory_bot_rails (~> 6.4.0)
   ffi (~> 1.15)
   flamegraph
@@ -1347,7 +1345,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   roar (~> 1.2.0)
   rouge (~> 4.3.0)
   rspec (~> 3.13.0)
-  rspec-rails (~> 6.1.0)
+  rspec-rails (~> 7.0.0)
   rspec-retry (~> 0.6.1)
   rubocop
   rubocop-capybara