diff --git a/sleet.gemspec b/sleet.gemspec
index bef8cf4..a83380f 100644
--- a/sleet.gemspec
+++ b/sleet.gemspec
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.executables   = spec.files.grep(%r{^exe/}) { |f| File.basename(f) }
   spec.require_paths = ['lib']
 
-  spec.add_dependency 'colorize', '~> 0.8.1'
+  spec.add_dependency 'colorize', '>= 0.8.1', '< 1.2.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'faraday', '>= 1.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'faraday_middleware'
   spec.add_dependency 'rspec', '~> 3.3'