diff --git a/licensee.gemspec b/licensee.gemspec
index 33fdcad2..45d3acc4 100644
--- a/licensee.gemspec
+++ b/licensee.gemspec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.executables << 'licensee'
 
   gem.add_dependency('dotenv', '~> 2.0')
-  gem.add_dependency('octokit', '~> 4.8.0')
+  gem.add_dependency('octokit', '>= 4.8', '< 4.14')
   gem.add_dependency('rugged', '~> 0.24')
   gem.add_dependency('thor', '~> 0.19')