diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 703dfbf8..d3e8c7ed 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ hoe = Hoe.spec 'mechanize' do
   rdoc_locations << 'drbrain@rubyforge.org:/var/www/gforge-projects/mechanize/'
 
   self.extra_deps << ['net-http-digest_auth', '~> 1.1', '>= 1.1.1']
-  self.extra_deps << ['net-http-persistent',  '~> 2.3', '>= 2.3.1']
+  self.extra_deps << ['net-http-persistent',  '~> 2.3', '>= 2.3.2']
   self.extra_deps << ['nokogiri',             '~> 1.4']
   self.extra_deps << ['ntlm-http',            '~> 0.1', '>= 0.1.1']
   self.extra_deps << ['webrobots',            '~> 0.0', '>= 0.0.9']