diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 66ec1fed..79573056 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ group :test do
   # Use system testing [https://guides.rubyonrails.org/testing.html#system-testing]
   # @todo check if these are required and remove if not
   gem "capybara"
-  gem "pundit-matchers", "~> 1.8"
+  gem "pundit-matchers", "~> 3.1"
   gem "selenium-webdriver"
   gem "webdrivers"
 end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index d1090c63..899b155a 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -276,8 +276,11 @@ GEM
       nio4r (~> 2.0)
     pundit (2.3.1)
       activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
-    pundit-matchers (1.8.4)
-      rspec-rails (>= 3.0.0)
+    pundit-matchers (3.1.2)
+      rspec-core (~> 3.12)
+      rspec-expectations (~> 3.12)
+      rspec-mocks (~> 3.12)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.12)
     racc (1.7.3)
     rack (3.0.8)
     rack-session (2.0.0)
@@ -343,12 +346,12 @@ GEM
       rspec-core (~> 3.12.0)
       rspec-expectations (~> 3.12.0)
       rspec-mocks (~> 3.12.0)
-    rspec-core (3.12.0)
+    rspec-core (3.12.2)
       rspec-support (~> 3.12.0)
-    rspec-expectations (3.12.0)
+    rspec-expectations (3.12.3)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
       rspec-support (~> 3.12.0)
-    rspec-mocks (3.12.0)
+    rspec-mocks (3.12.6)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
       rspec-support (~> 3.12.0)
     rspec-rails (6.0.4)
@@ -359,7 +362,7 @@ GEM
       rspec-expectations (~> 3.12)
       rspec-mocks (~> 3.12)
       rspec-support (~> 3.12)
-    rspec-support (3.12.0)
+    rspec-support (3.12.1)
     rubocop (1.52.1)
       json (~> 2.3)
       parallel (~> 1.10)
@@ -489,7 +492,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   pg (~> 1.1)
   puma (~> 6.4)
   pundit (~> 2.2)
-  pundit-matchers (~> 1.8)
+  pundit-matchers (~> 3.1)
   rails (~> 7.1.2)
   rails-i18n (~> 7.0)
   rspec-rails (~> 6.0.0)