diff --git a/javascript/package-lock.json b/javascript/package-lock.json
index 532b60ada..ef993aa60 100644
--- a/javascript/package-lock.json
+++ b/javascript/package-lock.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
       "version": "26.1.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@cucumber/messages": "19.1.4 - 21"
+        "@cucumber/messages": ">=19.1.4 <22.0.0"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@types/mocha": "10.0.1",
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@cucumber/messages": {
-      "version": "21.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@cucumber/messages/-/messages-21.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-riglVBP45dGoQ1n38/wXZDxQuJ0KkpvTpIq68Ui5EaV06HDdJpVXVzujr8s67K2NDRRKfnf556aFdrh0Mo0cUQ==",
+      "version": "21.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@cucumber/messages/-/messages-21.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-pGR7iURM4SF9Qp1IIpNiVQ77J9kfxMkPOEbyy+zRmGABnWWCsqMpJdfHeh9Mb3VskemVw85++e15JT0PYdcR3g==",
       "dependencies": {
         "@types/uuid": "8.3.4",
         "class-transformer": "0.5.1",
@@ -1179,9 +1179,9 @@
       }
     },
     "@cucumber/messages": {
-      "version": "21.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@cucumber/messages/-/messages-21.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-riglVBP45dGoQ1n38/wXZDxQuJ0KkpvTpIq68Ui5EaV06HDdJpVXVzujr8s67K2NDRRKfnf556aFdrh0Mo0cUQ==",
+      "version": "21.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@cucumber/messages/-/messages-21.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-pGR7iURM4SF9Qp1IIpNiVQ77J9kfxMkPOEbyy+zRmGABnWWCsqMpJdfHeh9Mb3VskemVw85++e15JT0PYdcR3g==",
       "requires": {
         "@types/uuid": "8.3.4",
         "class-transformer": "0.5.1",
diff --git a/javascript/package.json b/javascript/package.json
index 7f2138afc..050c000ee 100644
--- a/javascript/package.json
+++ b/javascript/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "typescript": "5.0.3"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@cucumber/messages": "19.1.4 - 21"
+    "@cucumber/messages": ">=19.1.4 <=22"
   },
   "directories": {
     "test": "test"
diff --git a/php/composer.json b/php/composer.json
index 1bcf0ebee..a3f78c344 100644
--- a/php/composer.json
+++ b/php/composer.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "require": {
         "php": "^8.1",
         "ext-mbstring": "*",
-        "cucumber/messages": "19.1.4 - 21"
+        "cucumber/messages": ">=19.1.4 <=22"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^10.0",
diff --git a/ruby/cucumber-gherkin.gemspec b/ruby/cucumber-gherkin.gemspec
index 41a2dba19..12aedebc1 100644
--- a/ruby/cucumber-gherkin.gemspec
+++ b/ruby/cucumber-gherkin.gemspec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     'source_code_uri' => 'https://github.com/cucumber/gherkin/blob/main/ruby'
   }
 
-  s.add_runtime_dependency 'cucumber-messages', '>= 19.1.4', '< 22.0'
+  s.add_runtime_dependency 'cucumber-messages', '>= 19.1.4', '< 22.1'
 
   s.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 13.0', '>= 13.0.6'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 3.11', '>= 3.11.0'