diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 96b969ee3..0855b2794 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ GEM
       unf (>= 0.0.5, < 1.0.0)
     erubi (1.8.0)
     execjs (2.7.0)
-    faker (1.9.6)
+    faker (2.1.0)
       i18n (>= 0.7)
     faraday (0.15.4)
       multipart-post (>= 1.2, < 3)
diff --git a/test/integration/document_collection_test.rb b/test/integration/document_collection_test.rb
index ae5a257e5..0f67e1a94 100644
--- a/test/integration/document_collection_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/document_collection_test.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class DocumentCollectionTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
 
   test "document collection with no body and 2 collection groups where 1st group has long body" do
     content_item = get_content_example('document_collection')
-    content_item['details']['collection_groups'][0]['body'] = Faker::Lorem.characters(416)
+    content_item['details']['collection_groups'][0]['body'] = Faker::Lorem.characters(number: 416)
     content_store_has_item(content_item['base_path'], content_item.to_json)
     visit(content_item['base_path'])
 
diff --git a/test/integration/topical_event_about_page_test.rb b/test/integration/topical_event_about_page_test.rb
index 9640c7dda..3c3c408e9 100644
--- a/test/integration/topical_event_about_page_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/topical_event_about_page_test.rb
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ def topical_event_end_date
 
   def long_first_item_body
     "<div class='govspeak'><h2 id='response-in-the-uk'>Item 1</h2>
-    <p>#{Faker::Lorem.characters(200)}</p>
-    <p>#{Faker::Lorem.characters(216)}</p>
+    <p>#{Faker::Lorem.characters(number: 200)}</p>
+    <p>#{Faker::Lorem.characters(number: 216)}</p>
     <h2 id='response-in-africa'>Item 2</h2>
     <p>#{Faker::Lorem.sentence}</p></div>"
   end
diff --git a/test/presenters/content_item/contents_list_test.rb b/test/presenters/content_item/contents_list_test.rb
index 5068e9539..7c06e62c9 100644
--- a/test/presenters/content_item/contents_list_test.rb
+++ b/test/presenters/content_item/contents_list_test.rb
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ def body
     class << @contents_list
       def body
         "<h2 id='one'>One</h2>
-         <p>#{Faker::Lorem.characters(220)}</p>
-         <p>#{Faker::Lorem.characters(196)}</p>
+         <p>#{Faker::Lorem.characters(number: 220)}</p>
+         <p>#{Faker::Lorem.characters(number: 196)}</p>
          <h2 id='two'>Two</h2>
          <p>#{Faker::Lorem.sentence}</p>"
       end
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@ def body
     class << @contents_list
       def body
         "<h2 id='one'>One</h2>
-         <p>#{Faker::Lorem.characters(40)}</p>
+         <p>#{Faker::Lorem.characters(number: 40)}</p>
          <ul>
-          <li>#{Faker::Lorem.characters(100)}</li>
-          <li>#{Faker::Lorem.characters(100)}</li>
-          <li>#{Faker::Lorem.characters(200)}</li>
+          <li>#{Faker::Lorem.characters(number: 100)}</li>
+          <li>#{Faker::Lorem.characters(number: 100)}</li>
+          <li>#{Faker::Lorem.characters(number: 200)}</li>
          </ul>
-         <p>#{Faker::Lorem.characters(40)}</p>
+         <p>#{Faker::Lorem.characters(number: 40)}</p>
          <h2 id='two'>Two</h2>
          <p>#{Faker::Lorem.sentence}</p>"
       end
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ def body
     class << @contents_list
       def body
         "<h2 id='one'>One</h2>
-         <p>#{Faker::Lorem.characters(10)}</p>
-         <p>#{Faker::Lorem.characters(10)}</p>
+         <p>#{Faker::Lorem.characters(number: 10)}</p>
+         <p>#{Faker::Lorem.characters(number: 10)}</p>
          <h2 id='two'>Two</h2>
          <p>#{Faker::Lorem.sentence}</p>"
       end
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ class << @contents_list
       def body
         "<h2 id='one'>One</h2>
         <div class='img'><img src='www.gov.uk/img.png'></div>
-        <p>#{Faker::Lorem.characters(225)}</p>
+        <p>#{Faker::Lorem.characters(number: 225)}</p>
         <h2 id='two'>Two</h2>
         <p>#{Faker::Lorem.sentence}</p>"
       end
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ def body
   test "#show_contents_list? returns true if body is over 415 characters and has no h2s present" do
     class << @contents_list
       def body
-        "<div><p>#{Faker::Lorem.characters(416)}</p></div>"
+        "<div><p>#{Faker::Lorem.characters(number: 416)}</p></div>"
       end
     end
     @contents_list.stubs(:contents_items).returns(["item 1", "item2"])