diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index d54f13cb..72f66b27 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ group :test do
   gem 'chromedriver-helper'
   gem 'database_cleaner'
   gem 'email_spec'
-  gem 'factory_girl_rails'
+  gem 'factory_bot_rails', '~> 4'
   gem 'launchy'
   gem 'rspec-collection_matchers'
   gem 'selenium-webdriver'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 47ac0906..00e33e28 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ GEM
     archive-zip (0.12.0)
       io-like (~> 0.3.0)
     arel (6.0.4)
-    autoprefixer-rails (9.5.1.1)
+    autoprefixer-rails (9.6.0)
       execjs
     awesome_print (1.8.0)
     aws-eventstream (1.0.3)
-    aws-partitions (1.167.0)
-    aws-sdk-core (3.53.1)
+    aws-partitions (1.175.0)
+    aws-sdk-core (3.55.0)
       aws-eventstream (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
       aws-partitions (~> 1.0)
       aws-sigv4 (~> 1.1)
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ GEM
     aws-sdk-rails (2.1.0)
       aws-sdk-ses (~> 1)
       railties (>= 3)
-    aws-sdk-ses (1.21.0)
+    aws-sdk-ses (1.22.0)
       aws-sdk-core (~> 3, >= 3.53.0)
       aws-sigv4 (~> 1.1)
     aws-sigv4 (1.1.0)
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ GEM
     bugsnag (6.11.1)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     builder (3.2.3)
-    capybara (3.21.0)
+    capybara (3.24.0)
       addressable
       mini_mime (>= 0.1.3)
       nokogiri (~> 1.8)
@@ -116,10 +116,10 @@ GEM
     erubis (2.7.0)
     eventmachine (1.2.7)
     execjs (2.7.0)
-    factory_girl (4.9.0)
+    factory_bot (4.11.1)
       activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
-    factory_girl_rails (4.9.0)
-      factory_girl (~> 4.9.0)
+    factory_bot_rails (4.11.1)
+      factory_bot (~> 4.11.1)
       railties (>= 3.0.0)
     faker (1.9.3)
       i18n (>= 0.7)
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ GEM
       jquery-rails
       railties (>= 3.1)
       sass-rails
-    jquery-rails (4.3.3)
+    jquery-rails (4.3.5)
       rails-dom-testing (>= 1, < 3)
       railties (>= 4.2.0)
       thor (>= 0.14, < 2.0)
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ GEM
     omniauth-github (1.3.0)
       omniauth (~> 1.5)
       omniauth-oauth2 (>= 1.4.0, < 2.0)
-    omniauth-google-oauth2 (0.6.1)
+    omniauth-google-oauth2 (0.7.0)
       jwt (>= 2.0)
       omniauth (>= 1.1.1)
       omniauth-oauth2 (>= 1.5)
@@ -274,12 +274,12 @@ GEM
     regexp_parser (1.5.1)
     rspec-collection_matchers (1.1.3)
       rspec-expectations (>= 2.99.0.beta1)
-    rspec-core (3.8.0)
+    rspec-core (3.8.1)
       rspec-support (~> 3.8.0)
-    rspec-expectations (3.8.3)
+    rspec-expectations (3.8.4)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
       rspec-support (~> 3.8.0)
-    rspec-mocks (3.8.0)
+    rspec-mocks (3.8.1)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
       rspec-support (~> 3.8.0)
     rspec-rails (3.8.2)
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ GEM
       rspec-expectations (~> 3.8.0)
       rspec-mocks (~> 3.8.0)
       rspec-support (~> 3.8.0)
-    rspec-support (3.8.0)
+    rspec-support (3.8.2)
     ruby_parser (3.13.1)
       sexp_processor (~> 4.9)
     rubyzip (1.2.3)
@@ -311,8 +311,8 @@ GEM
     selenium-webdriver (3.142.3)
       childprocess (>= 0.5, < 2.0)
       rubyzip (~> 1.2, >= 1.2.2)
-    sexp_processor (4.12.0)
-    shoulda-matchers (4.0.1)
+    sexp_processor (4.12.1)
+    shoulda-matchers (4.1.0)
       activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
     sprockets (3.7.2)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   database_cleaner
   email_spec
   execjs
-  factory_girl_rails
+  factory_bot_rails (~> 4)
   faker
   figaro
   haml-rails
diff --git a/spec/factories.rb b/spec/factories.rb
index c757cbc0..cc3ae1da 100644
--- a/spec/factories.rb
+++ b/spec/factories.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-FactoryGirl.define do
+FactoryBot.define do
   factory :user do
     name { "#{Faker::Name.first_name.gsub("'", "")} #{Faker::Name.last_name.gsub("'", "")}" }
     sequence(:email) { |n| "example#{n}@example.com" }
     username { "#{name[0..3]}_#{Faker::Internet.domain_word}"}
 
     factory :member do
-      state "member"
+      state { "member" }
 
       factory :mature_member do
         after(:create) do |user|
@@ -16,35 +16,35 @@
 
       factory :setup_complete_member do
         sequence(:email_for_google) { |n| "googleemail#{n}@example.com" }
-        dues_pledge [10, 25, 50].sample
-        stripe_customer_id "123abc"
-        setup_complete true
+        dues_pledge { [10, 25, 50].sample }
+        stripe_customer_id { "123abc" }
+        setup_complete { true }
       end
     end
 
     factory :key_member do
-      state 'key_member'
+      state { 'key_member' }
     end
 
     factory :voting_member do
-      state "voting_member"
-      voting_policy_agreement true
+      state { "voting_member" }
+      voting_policy_agreement { true }
     end
 
     factory :applicant do
-      state "applicant"
+      state { "applicant" }
     end
 
     factory :admin do
-      is_admin true
-      state "voting_member"
+      is_admin { true }
+      state { "voting_member" }
     end
   end
 
   factory :vote do
     association :user, factory: :voting_member
     application
-    value false
+    value { false }
   end
 
   factory :sponsorship do
@@ -54,22 +54,22 @@
 
   factory :application do
     association :user, factory: :applicant
-    state "submitted"
-    agreement_terms true
-    agreement_policies true
-    agreement_female true
+    state { "submitted" }
+    agreement_terms { true }
+    agreement_policies { true }
+    agreement_female { true }
 
     factory :unsubmitted_application do
-      state "started"
+      state { "started" }
     end
 
     factory :stale_application do
-      stale_email_sent_at nil
+      stale_email_sent_at { nil }
       submitted_at { 14.days.ago }
     end
 
     factory :approvable_application do
-      submitted_at 7.days.ago
+      submitted_at { 7.days.ago }
 
       after(:create) do |application, _|
         create_list(:vote, Application.minimum_yes_votes, application: application, value: true)
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
   factory :comment do
     association :application, factory: :application
     association :user, factory: :member
-    body 'comment body'
-    created_at 1.day.ago
+    body { 'comment body' }
+    created_at { 1.day.ago }
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 0c43e1bf..26f5418d 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 RSpec.configure do |config|
   config.include(EmailSpec::Helpers)
   config.include(EmailSpec::Matchers)
-  config.include FactoryGirl::Syntax::Methods
+  config.include FactoryBot::Syntax::Methods
 
   config.infer_spec_type_from_file_location!