diff --git a/vnet/Gemfile b/vnet/Gemfile
index 0b74207b4..0f3d7862a 100644
--- a/vnet/Gemfile
+++ b/vnet/Gemfile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ gem 'pio'
 
 group :development, :test do
   # Rake's version required was added to make OpenVNet run on Ubuntu 14.04
-  gem "rake", "10.1.0"
+  gem "rake", "13.0.1"
   gem "rspec"
   gem "rack-test"
   gem "fabrication", '2.9.8' # Updating to 2.13.2 broke the unit tests.
diff --git a/vnet/Gemfile.lock b/vnet/Gemfile.lock
index f1cf21cca..a7b07bc1b 100644
--- a/vnet/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/vnet/Gemfile.lock
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ GEM
       rack (>= 1.0, < 3)
     rainbow (3.0.0)
     raindrops (0.19.0)
-    rake (10.1.0)
+    rake (13.0.1)
     redis (4.0.2)
     redis-namespace (1.6.0)
       redis (>= 3.0.4)
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rack-cors
   rack-test
   racket (>= 1.0.12)!
-  rake (= 10.1.0)
+  rake (= 13.0.1)
   rant (>= 0.5.9)!
   rspec
   rubocop