diff --git a/puppet-modulebuilder.gemspec b/puppet-modulebuilder.gemspec
index a8c933d..7156ed8 100644
--- a/puppet-modulebuilder.gemspec
+++ b/puppet-modulebuilder.gemspec
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.executables   = spec.files.grep(%r{^exe/}) { |f| File.basename(f) }
   spec.require_paths = ['lib']
   # minitar and pathspec is required for building Puppet modules
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency 'minitar', '~> 0.9'
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency 'minitar', '>= 0.9', '< 2.0'
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'pathspec', '>= 0.2.1', '< 3.0.0'
 
   spec.add_development_dependency 'voxpupuli-rubocop', '~> 2.8.0'