diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 91f95b48..7f949e2b 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import sbt._
 object Dependencies {
 
   object LocalThirdParty {
-    val specs2MatcherExtra   = "org.specs2"          %% "specs2-matcher-extra"    % "4.8.3"
+    val specs2MatcherExtra   = "org.specs2"          %% "specs2-matcher-extra"    % "4.12.1"
     val casClient            = "org.jasig.cas.client" % "cas-client-core"         % "3.4.1"
     val casClientSupportSAML = "org.jasig.cas.client" % "cas-client-support-saml" % "3.4.1"
     val akkaTestkit          = "com.typesafe.akka"   %% "akka-testkit"            % "2.6.14"