diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 825c76306ca..912f6a88990 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ GEM
     dotenv (2.8.1)
     emoji_regex (3.2.3)
     excon (0.103.0)
-    fakefs (1.2.3)
+    fakefs (1.8.0)
     faraday (1.4.1)
       faraday-excon (~> 1.1)
       faraday-net_http (~> 1.0)
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   coveralls (~> 0.8.13)
   danger (~> 8.0)
   danger-junit (~> 1.0)
-  fakefs (~> 1.2)
+  fakefs (= 1.8)
   fastlane!
   fastlane-plugin-clubmate
   fastlane-plugin-ruby
diff --git a/fastlane.gemspec b/fastlane.gemspec
index d8fa99af06b..794826c0c5a 100644
--- a/fastlane.gemspec
+++ b/fastlane.gemspec
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   # Development only
   spec.add_development_dependency('climate_control', '~> 0.2.0')
   spec.add_development_dependency('coveralls', '~> 0.8.13')
-  spec.add_development_dependency('fakefs', '~> 1.2')
+  spec.add_development_dependency('fakefs', '1.8') # 1.9+ requires Ruby >=2.7, while fastlane uses a `required_ruby_version` of `>= 2.6``
   spec.add_development_dependency('pry-byebug')
   spec.add_development_dependency('pry-rescue')
   spec.add_development_dependency('pry-stack_explorer')