diff --git a/ruby-puppetdb.gemspec b/ruby-puppetdb.gemspec
index 1f9d49a..5236eb4 100644
--- a/ruby-puppetdb.gemspec
+++ b/ruby-puppetdb.gemspec
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 3.5'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec-expectations', '~> 3.5'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec-puppet', '~> 2.4'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 12.3'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 13.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'puppetlabs_spec_helper'
   s.add_development_dependency 'racc', '~> 1.4'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rexical', '~> 1.0'