diff --git a/testing/refinerycms-testing.gemspec b/testing/refinerycms-testing.gemspec
index 36c17847cd..209190a484 100644
--- a/testing/refinerycms-testing.gemspec
+++ b/testing/refinerycms-testing.gemspec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.files             = `git ls-files`.split("\n")
 
   s.add_dependency 'refinerycms-core',        version
-  s.add_dependency 'database_cleaner',        '~> 1.6'
+  s.add_dependency 'database_cleaner',        '>= 1.6'
   s.add_dependency 'factory_bot_rails',       '~> 4.8'
   s.add_dependency 'rspec-rails',             '~> 3.5'
   s.add_dependency 'capybara',                '>= 2.18'