diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index c577d9e5af..cecf0c4c1f 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ collections:
 sass:
   style: compressed
 plugins: [jekyll-paginate, jekyll-seo-tag, jekyll-feed]
-exclude: [".jekyll-cache", ".idea", "vendor/*", "assets/node_modules/*"]
+exclude: [".jekyll-cache", ".jekyll-metadata", ".idea", "vendor/*", "assets/node_modules/*"]
 
 # theme: type-on-strap                                  # if using the theme as a jekyll theme gem
 remote_theme: sylhare/Type-on-Strap                     # If using as a remote_theme in github
diff --git a/type-on-strap.gemspec b/type-on-strap.gemspec
index 479227ade9..1d1e482331 100644
--- a/type-on-strap.gemspec
+++ b/type-on-strap.gemspec
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.required_ruby_version   = '>= 2.4.0'
 
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "jekyll", ">= 3.8", "< 5.0"
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency "jekyll-feed", "~> 0.9"
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency "jekyll-paginate", "~> 1.1"
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency "jekyll-seo-tag", "~>2.6"
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency "jekyll-feed", ">= 0.15.1", "< 0.16"
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency "jekyll-paginate", "~> 1.1.0"
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency "jekyll-seo-tag", ">= 2.7.1", "< 2.8"
 end