diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index e8af539..4a9c88b 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def location_for(place, fake_version = nil)
 end

 group(:packaging) do
-  gem 'packaging', *location_for(ENV['PACKAGING_LOCATION'] || '~> 0.99')
+  gem 'packaging', *location_for(ENV['PACKAGING_LOCATION'] || '~> 0.99.13')
 end

 # C Ruby (MRI) or Rubinius, but NOT Windows
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ group(:development, :test) do
   # be removed here *yet* due to TravisCI / AppVeyor which call:
   # bundle install --without development
   # PUP-7433 describes work necessary to restructure this
-  gem "rake", '~> 12.2.1', :require => false
+  gem "rake", '~> 12.3', :require => false
   gem "rspec", "~> 3.1", :require => false
   gem "rspec-its", "~> 1.1", :require => false
   gem "rspec-collection_matchers", "~> 1.1", :require => false