diff --git a/redis-sinatra.gemspec b/redis-sinatra.gemspec
index 0ae9e4c..dc1b599 100644
--- a/redis-sinatra.gemspec
+++ b/redis-sinatra.gemspec
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency 'redis-store', '>= 1.1', '< 2'
   s.add_dependency 'sinatra', '>= 1', '< 3'
 
-  s.add_development_dependency 'rake',     '~> 10'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rake', '>= 12.3.3'
   s.add_development_dependency 'bundler',  '~> 1.3'
   s.add_development_dependency 'mocha',    '~> 0.14.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'minitest', '~> 5'