diff --git a/elastomer-client.gemspec b/elastomer-client.gemspec
index 1efab4dd..3423b484 100644
--- a/elastomer-client.gemspec
+++ b/elastomer-client.gemspec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 
   spec.add_dependency "addressable", "~> 2.5"
   spec.add_dependency "faraday",     ">= 0.17"
-  spec.add_dependency "faraday_middleware", "~> 0.14"
+  spec.add_dependency "faraday_middleware", ">= 0.14", "< 2.0"
   spec.add_dependency "multi_json",  "~> 1.12"
   spec.add_dependency "semantic",    "~> 1.6"
 end