diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 077c481b..39b340fd 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ gem 'uglifier'
 
 group :test do
   gem 'brakeman', require: false
-  gem 'factory_girl_rails'
+  gem 'factory_bot_rails'
   gem 'json-schema'
   gem 'rspec-rails'
   gem 'shoulda-matchers'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index b083fb00..117863c0 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -105,10 +105,10 @@ GEM
       actionmailer (>= 4.0, < 6)
       activesupport (>= 4.0, < 6)
     execjs (2.7.0)
-    factory_girl (4.8.0)
+    factory_bot (4.8.2)
       activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
-    factory_girl_rails (4.8.0)
-      factory_girl (~> 4.8.0)
+    factory_bot_rails (4.8.2)
+      factory_bot (~> 4.8.2)
       railties (>= 3.0.0)
     faker (1.8.4)
       i18n (~> 0.5)
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   doorkeeper
   dotenv-rails
   exception_notification
-  factory_girl_rails
+  factory_bot_rails
   faker
   httparty
   jquery-rails
diff --git a/doc/RspecTesting.md b/doc/RspecTesting.md
index d17dc0dd..a71dd266 100644
--- a/doc/RspecTesting.md
+++ b/doc/RspecTesting.md
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ At the time of writing, there are four directories in the spec folder. One,
 `support`, is for helper functions. `rails_helper.rb` and `spec_helper.rb` are
 also for helper functions.
 
-`factories` is for a gem called [factory-girl][factory-girl]. This gem lets you
+`factories` is for a gem called [factory-bot][factory_bot]. This gem lets you
 use the `create` and `build` functions to quickly create the simplest possible
 valid version of a given model. For instance:
 
     let(:map1) { create :map }
-    let(:ronald) { create :user, name: "Ronald" }
-    let(:map2) { create :map, user: ronald }
+    let(:alex) { create :user, name: "Alex" }
+    let(:map2) { create :map, user: alex }
 
 As you can see, you can also customize the factories. You can read the full
 documentation at the link above or check the existing specs to see how it works.
@@ -53,5 +53,5 @@ the added code works. This will help in a few ways:
 
 Happy testing!
 
-[factory-girl]: https://github.com/thoughtbot/factory_girl
+[factory-bot]: https://github.com/thoughtbot/factory_bot
 [rspec-docs]: http://rspec.info
diff --git a/spec/factories/access_requests.rb b/spec/factories/access_requests.rb
index c85d4a53..5a3bd5dd 100644
--- a/spec/factories/access_requests.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/access_requests.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-FactoryGirl.define do
+FactoryBot.define do
   factory :access_request do
     map
     user
diff --git a/spec/factories/mappings.rb b/spec/factories/mappings.rb
index 13746de1..210ab291 100644
--- a/spec/factories/mappings.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/mappings.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-FactoryGirl.define do
+FactoryBot.define do
   factory :mapping do
     xloc 0
     yloc 0
diff --git a/spec/factories/maps.rb b/spec/factories/maps.rb
index 557a400f..12863e30 100644
--- a/spec/factories/maps.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/maps.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-FactoryGirl.define do
+FactoryBot.define do
   factory :map do
     sequence(:name) { |n| "Cool Map ##{n}" }
     permission :commons
diff --git a/spec/factories/message.rb b/spec/factories/message.rb
index 280b2c8f..30b14d41 100644
--- a/spec/factories/message.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/message.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-FactoryGirl.define do
+FactoryBot.define do
   factory :message do
     association :resource, factory: :map
     user
diff --git a/spec/factories/metacodes.rb b/spec/factories/metacodes.rb
index 4e5a0d52..98188003 100644
--- a/spec/factories/metacodes.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/metacodes.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-FactoryGirl.define do
+FactoryBot.define do
   factory :metacode do
     sequence(:name) { |n| "Cool Metacode ##{n}" }
     manual_icon 'https://images.com/image.png'
diff --git a/spec/factories/stars.rb b/spec/factories/stars.rb
index 9be99242..7ac39d34 100644
--- a/spec/factories/stars.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/stars.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-FactoryGirl.define do
+FactoryBot.define do
   factory :star do
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/factories/synapses.rb b/spec/factories/synapses.rb
index 2d8ec60f..5ab5ee90 100644
--- a/spec/factories/synapses.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/synapses.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-FactoryGirl.define do
+FactoryBot.define do
   factory :synapse do
     sequence(:desc) { |n| "Cool synapse ##{n}" }
     category :'from-to'
diff --git a/spec/factories/tokens.rb b/spec/factories/tokens.rb
index 26541fca..84f1f86c 100644
--- a/spec/factories/tokens.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/tokens.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-FactoryGirl.define do
+FactoryBot.define do
   factory :token do
     user
     description ''
diff --git a/spec/factories/topics.rb b/spec/factories/topics.rb
index 1def8f19..eada14f2 100644
--- a/spec/factories/topics.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/topics.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-FactoryGirl.define do
+FactoryBot.define do
   factory :topic do
     user
     association :updated_by, factory: :user
diff --git a/spec/factories/user_maps.rb b/spec/factories/user_maps.rb
index db4d5b0e..0323890f 100644
--- a/spec/factories/user_maps.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/user_maps.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-FactoryGirl.define do
+FactoryBot.define do
   factory :user_map do
     map
     user
diff --git a/spec/factories/users.rb b/spec/factories/users.rb
index 20762285..469bcf7e 100644
--- a/spec/factories/users.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/users.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # have actual codes, you'll need to specify one simple_user and then you
 # can specify other :code_user users based on the pre-existing user's code.
 
-FactoryGirl.define do
+FactoryBot.define do
   factory :code_user, class: User do
     sequence(:name) { |n| "Cool User ##{n}" }
     sequence(:email) { |n| "cooluser#{n}@cooldomain.com" }
diff --git a/spec/support/factory_girl.rb b/spec/support/factory_girl.rb
index 8a7958c9..2e507ebb 100644
--- a/spec/support/factory_girl.rb
+++ b/spec/support/factory_girl.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-# lets you type create(:user) instead of FactoryGirl.create(:user)
+# lets you type create(:user) instead of FactoryBot.create(:user)
 RSpec.configure do |config|
-  config.include FactoryGirl::Syntax::Methods
+  config.include FactoryBot::Syntax::Methods
 end