diff --git a/octokit.gemspec b/octokit.gemspec
index 3ffa999b4..91f13eb0a 100644
--- a/octokit.gemspec
+++ b/octokit.gemspec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_dependency 'addressable', '~> 2.2'
   spec.add_dependency 'faraday', '~> 0.8'
   spec.add_dependency 'faraday_middleware', '~> 0.9'
-  spec.add_dependency 'hashie', '~> 1.2'
+  spec.add_dependency 'hashie', '~> 2.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'multi_json', '~> 1.3'
   spec.add_dependency 'netrc', '~> 0.7.7'
   spec.authors = ["Wynn Netherland", "Erik Michaels-Ober", "Clint Shryock"]