diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index ceda709a35..aaf8321129 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ gem 'sidekiq_alive'
 
 # Transformer that converts ES6 code into vanilla ES5 using babel via asset pipeline
 # Default to 3.7.2 as https://github.com/sass/sassc-rails/issues/122 sassc loading is causing a segmentation error
-gem 'sprockets', '3.7.2'
+gem 'sprockets', '~> 3.7.2'
 gem 'sprockets-es6'
 
 # URL and path parsing
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index cc8a14899e..bdb3fb8710 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   slack-notifier
   spring
   spring-watcher-listen (~> 2.0.0)
-  sprockets (= 3.7.2)
+  sprockets (~> 3.7.2)
   sprockets-es6
   timecop
   tzinfo-data