diff --git a/nokogiri.gemspec b/nokogiri.gemspec
index 5fd48e4972..6bc57a50ad 100644
--- a/nokogiri.gemspec
+++ b/nokogiri.gemspec
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency("minitest", "~> 5.15")
   spec.add_development_dependency("minitest-reporters", "~> 1.4")
   spec.add_development_dependency("rake", "~> 13.0")
-  spec.add_development_dependency("rake-compiler", "= 1.1.6")
+  spec.add_development_dependency("rake-compiler", "= 1.1.7")
   spec.add_development_dependency("rake-compiler-dock", "~> 1.2")
   spec.add_development_dependency("rdoc", "~> 6.3")
   spec.add_development_dependency("rexical", "~> 1.0.7")