diff --git a/recurly.gemspec b/recurly.gemspec
index 2f84e0393..98dfbb152 100644
--- a/recurly.gemspec
+++ b/recurly.gemspec
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.required_ruby_version = '>= 1.9.3'
 
-  s.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 11.1'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 13.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'minitest', '~> 5.8'
   s.add_development_dependency 'webmock',  '~> 1.24'
 end