diff --git a/oauth2.gemspec b/oauth2.gemspec
index 093ae436..d1a5e5cd 100644
--- a/oauth2.gemspec
+++ b/oauth2.gemspec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ $LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
 require 'oauth2/version'
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
-  spec.add_dependency 'faraday', ['>= 0.8', '< 2.0']
+  spec.add_dependency 'faraday', ['1.2.0']
   spec.add_dependency 'jwt', ['>= 1.0', '< 3.0']
   spec.add_dependency 'multi_json', '~> 1.3'
   spec.add_dependency 'multi_xml', '~> 0.5'