diff --git a/asciidoctor-epub3.gemspec b/asciidoctor-epub3.gemspec
index 9a45ce7..f601596 100644
--- a/asciidoctor-epub3.gemspec
+++ b/asciidoctor-epub3.gemspec
@@ -41,13 +41,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop-rspec', '~> 2.20.0'
 
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'asciidoctor', '~> 2.0'
-
-  # Temporarily ban gepub 1.0.16
-  # Looks like it stopped properly closing files after writing
-  # See https://github.com/skoji/gepub/pull/140#issuecomment-2106238457
-  s.add_runtime_dependency 'gepub', '>= 1.0.0', '<= 1.0.15'
-  # s.add_runtime_dependency 'gepub', '~> 1.0.0'
-
+  s.add_runtime_dependency 'gepub', '~> 1.0.0'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'mime-types', '~> 3.0'
 
   # TODO: switch to 'sass-embedded' when we drop Ruby 2.5 support