diff --git a/refinerycms-settings.gemspec b/refinerycms-settings.gemspec
index cb1258c..55284db 100644
--- a/refinerycms-settings.gemspec
+++ b/refinerycms-settings.gemspec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.test_files        = `git ls-files -- spec/*`.split("\n")
 
   s.add_dependency    'refinerycms-core',     ['~> 4.0', '>= 4.0.0']
-  s.add_dependency    'friendly_id',          ['>= 5.1.0', '< 5.3']
+  s.add_dependency    'friendly_id',          '>= 5.1.0', '< 5.4'
 
   s.cert_chain  = [File.expand_path("../certs/parndt.pem", __FILE__)]
   if $0 =~ /gem\z/ && ARGV.include?("build") && ARGV.include?(__FILE__)