diff --git a/twitter.gemspec b/twitter.gemspec
index d33fff7ba..df39cd41c 100644
--- a/twitter.gemspec
+++ b/twitter.gemspec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency('yard', '~> 0.6')
   s.add_development_dependency('ZenTest', '~> 4.4')
   s.add_runtime_dependency('hashie', '~> 0.4.0')
-  s.add_runtime_dependency('faraday', '~> 0.5.3')
+  s.add_runtime_dependency('faraday', '~> 0.5.4')
   s.add_runtime_dependency('faraday_middleware', '~> 0.3.1')
   s.add_runtime_dependency('jruby-openssl', '~> 0.7.2') if RUBY_PLATFORM == 'java'
   s.add_runtime_dependency('multi_json', '~> 0.0.5')