diff --git a/gems.gemspec b/gems.gemspec
index efc9c21..ce36c5b 100644
--- a/gems.gemspec
+++ b/gems.gemspec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 0.9'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 2.6'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'simplecov', '~> 0.4'
-  gem.add_development_dependency 'webmock', '~> 1.6'
+  gem.add_development_dependency 'webmock', '~> 1.7'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'yard', '~> 0.7'
   gem.authors     = ["Erik Michaels-Ober"]
   gem.description = %q{Ruby wrapper for the RubyGems.org API}