diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c45a78f..49e5548 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# 2.0.4
+  - New dependency requirements for logstash-core for the 5.0 release
 ## 2.0.2
  - Fix the test to work properly within the context of the LS core
    defaults plugin test.
diff --git a/logstash-input-irc.gemspec b/logstash-input-irc.gemspec
index fad203a..1401ad8 100644
--- a/logstash-input-irc.gemspec
+++ b/logstash-input-irc.gemspec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.name            = 'logstash-input-irc'
-  s.version         = '2.0.3'
+  s.version         = '2.0.4'
   s.licenses        = ['Apache License (2.0)']
   s.summary         = "Read events from an IRC Server."
   s.description     = "This gem is a logstash plugin required to be installed on top of the Logstash core pipeline using $LS_HOME/bin/plugin install gemname. This gem is not a stand-alone program"
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.metadata = { "logstash_plugin" => "true", "logstash_group" => "input" }
 
   # Gem dependencies
-  s.add_runtime_dependency "logstash-core", ">= 2.0.0.beta2", "< 3.0.0"
+  s.add_runtime_dependency "logstash-core", ">= 2.0.0", "< 6.0.0.alpha1"
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'stud', '~> 0.0.22'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'logstash-codec-plain'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'cinch'