diff --git a/chef-cli.gemspec b/chef-cli.gemspec
index 1a4018f9..3a90a050 100644
--- a/chef-cli.gemspec
+++ b/chef-cli.gemspec
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
 
   gem.add_dependency "mixlib-cli", ">= 1.7", "< 3.0"
   gem.add_dependency "mixlib-shellout", ">= 2.0", "< 4.0"
-  gem.add_dependency "ffi-yajl", ">= 1.0", "< 3.0"
+  gem.add_dependency "ffi-yajl", ">= 1.0", "< 4.0"
   gem.add_dependency "minitar", "~> 0.6"
   gem.add_dependency "chef", ">= 16.0"
   gem.add_dependency "solve", "< 5.0", "> 2.0"