diff --git a/linkedin-ruby.gemspec b/linkedin-ruby.gemspec
index 06f5e58..9052878 100644
--- a/linkedin-ruby.gemspec
+++ b/linkedin-ruby.gemspec
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_dependency 'oauth2', '~> 1.4'
 
   spec.add_development_dependency 'bundler', '~> 1.16'
-  spec.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 10.0'
+  spec.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 12.3'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 3.0'
 
   # We use VCR to mock LinkedIn API calls