diff --git a/.github/workflows/rspec.yml b/.github/workflows/rspec.yml
index 443e462..d141fe3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rspec.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rspec.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ ubuntu-latest ]
-        ruby: [2.4, 2.5, 2.6, '3.0', head]
+        ruby: [2.5, 2.6, '3.0', head]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/legion-logging.gemspec b/legion-logging.gemspec
index ae1b74f..de71921 100644
--- a/legion-logging.gemspec
+++ b/legion-logging.gemspec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.homepage      = 'https://github.com/Optum/legion-logging'
   spec.license       = 'Apache-2.0'
   spec.require_paths = ['lib']
-  spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 2.4'
+  spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 2.5'
   spec.files = `git ls-files -z`.split("\x0").reject { |f| f.match(%r{^(test|spec|features)/}) }
   spec.test_files        = spec.files.select { |p| p =~ %r{^test/.*_test.rb} }
   spec.extra_rdoc_files  = %w[README.md LICENSE CHANGELOG.md]