diff --git a/hyrax.gemspec b/hyrax.gemspec
index fa4d94d2c6..4ce6846c8e 100644
--- a/hyrax.gemspec
+++ b/hyrax.gemspec
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ SUMMARY
   # http://guides.rubyonrails.org/maintenance_policy.html
   spec.add_dependency 'rails', '~> 5.0'
 
+  spec.add_dependency 'active-fedora', '~> 12.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'blacklight', '~> 6.11', '>= 6.11.2'
   spec.add_dependency 'blacklight-gallery', '~> 0.7'
   spec.add_dependency 'browse-everything', '>= 0.10.5'
@@ -62,8 +63,8 @@ SUMMARY
   spec.add_dependency 'qa', '~> 2.0' # questioning_authority
   spec.add_dependency 'rails_autolink', '~> 1.1'
   spec.add_dependency 'rdf-rdfxml' # controlled vocabulary importer
+
   # Pin more tightly because 0.x gems are potentially unstable
-  spec.add_dependency 'active-fedora', '~> 11.5', '>= 11.5.2'
   spec.add_dependency 'dry-equalizer', '~> 0.2'
   spec.add_dependency 'dry-struct', '~> 0.1'
   spec.add_dependency 'dry-validation', '~> 0.9'
diff --git a/spec/test_app_templates/Gemfile.extra b/spec/test_app_templates/Gemfile.extra
index b1412ea0d1..3a36070d6b 100644
--- a/spec/test_app_templates/Gemfile.extra
+++ b/spec/test_app_templates/Gemfile.extra
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Use this file to reference specific commits of gems.
 
+gem 'hydra-head', github: 'samvera/hydra-head'
+
 group :development do
   gem 'better_errors'
   gem 'binding_of_caller'