diff --git a/foodcritic.gemspec b/foodcritic.gemspec
index 243f5e1c..0d6c1ddd 100644
--- a/foodcritic.gemspec
+++ b/foodcritic.gemspec
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency("erubis")
   s.add_dependency("rufus-lru", "~> 1.0")
 
-  s.add_development_dependency "cucumber-core", ">= 1.3", "< 4.0"
+  s.add_development_dependency "cucumber-core", ">= 1.3", "< 8.0"
   s.add_development_dependency "minitest", "~> 5.13.0" # 5.14 breaks various CLI tests
   s.add_development_dependency "rspec", "~> 3.5"
   s.add_development_dependency "fuubar", "~> 2.0"