diff --git a/intuit-oauth.gemspec b/intuit-oauth.gemspec
index 943e5b8..effbbe0 100644
--- a/intuit-oauth.gemspec
+++ b/intuit-oauth.gemspec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ $LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_dependency 'httparty', '~> 0.18.0'
-  spec.add_dependency 'json', '~> 1.8.3'
+  spec.add_dependency 'json', '~> 2.6.2'
   # spec.add_dependency 'json_web_token', '~> 0.3.5'
   spec.add_dependency 'rsa-pem-from-mod-exp', '~> 0.1.0'