diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 35dd69ef408..cc99b5b39fe 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem 'rubocop', '~> 0.41.2', require: false
   gem 'rubocop-rspec', '~> 1.5.0', require: false
   gem 'scss_lint', '~> 0.47.0', require: false
-  gem 'simplecov', '~> 0.12.0', require: false
+  gem 'simplecov', '0.12.0', require: false
   gem 'flog', '~> 4.3.2', require: false
   gem 'flay', '~> 2.6.1', require: false
   gem 'bundler-audit', '~> 0.5.0', require: false
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 3ec11f46a5c..b53deb8c233 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   shoulda-matchers (~> 2.8.0)
   sidekiq (~> 4.0)
   sidekiq-cron (~> 0.4.0)
-  simplecov (~> 0.12.0)
+  simplecov (= 0.12.0)
   sinatra (~> 1.4.4)
   six (~> 0.2.0)
   slack-notifier (~> 1.2.0)