diff --git a/kong-1.3.0-0.rockspec b/kong-1.3.0-0.rockspec
index 3b9eb658d61..d65e5c79dee 100644
--- a/kong-1.3.0-0.rockspec
+++ b/kong-1.3.0-0.rockspec
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ dependencies = {
   "inspect == 3.1.1",
   "luasec == 0.8",
   "luasocket == 3.0-rc1",
-  "penlight == 1.5.4",
+  "penlight == 1.7.0",
   "lua-resty-http == 0.15",
   "lua-resty-jit-uuid == 0.0.7",
   "multipart == 0.5.5",
diff --git a/spec/01-unit/01-db/02-db-errors_spec.lua b/spec/01-unit/01-db/02-db-errors_spec.lua
index 64b9afa8590..0e2caaa372c 100644
--- a/spec/01-unit/01-db/02-db-errors_spec.lua
+++ b/spec/01-unit/01-db/02-db-errors_spec.lua
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ describe("DB Errors", function()
           code = Errors.codes.INVALID_PRIMARY_KEY,
           name = "invalid primary key",
           strategy = "some_strategy",
-          message = [[invalid primary key: '{id2="missing2",id="missing"}']],
+          message = [[invalid primary key: '{id="missing",id2="missing2"}']],
           fields = pk,
         }, err_t)
       end)
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ describe("DB Errors", function()
           code = Errors.codes.INVALID_FOREIGN_KEY,
           name = "invalid foreign key",
           strategy = "some_strategy",
-          message = [[invalid foreign key: '{id2="missing2",id="missing"}']],
+          message = [[invalid foreign key: '{id="missing",id2="missing2"}']],
           fields = pk,
         }, err_t)
       end)