diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index b92d7b4..af27db3 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 source :rubygems
 
-gem "faraday", "~> 0.5.7"
+gem "faraday", "~> 0.8.5"
 
 gem "excon", "~> 0.5.6"
 gem "yajl-ruby", "~> 0.8.1", :require => "yajl"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 12f340c..163e394 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   activesupport (~> 3.0.4)
   bundler (~> 1.0.0)
   excon (~> 0.5.6)
-  faraday (~> 0.5.7)
+  faraday (~> 0.8.5)
   i18n (~> 0.5.0)
   rake (~> 0.8.7)
   rspec (= 2.1.0)
diff --git a/pingdom-client.gemspec b/pingdom-client.gemspec
index fd391e4..80d8978 100644
--- a/pingdom-client.gemspec
+++ b/pingdom-client.gemspec
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     s.specification_version = 3
     
     if Gem::Version.new(Gem::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
-      s.add_runtime_dependency("faraday",       ["~> 0.5.7"])
+      s.add_runtime_dependency("faraday",       ["~> 0.8.5"])
       s.add_runtime_dependency("excon",         ["~> 0.5.6"])
       s.add_runtime_dependency("yajl-ruby",     ["~> 0.8.1"])
       s.add_runtime_dependency("activesupport", ["~> 3.0.4"])
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
       s.add_development_dependency("rake",    ["~> 0.8.7"])
       s.add_development_dependency("rspec",   ["= 2.1.0"])
     else
-      s.add_dependency("faraday",       ["~> 0.5.7"])
+      s.add_dependency("faraday",       ["~> 0.8.5"])
       s.add_dependency("excon",         ["~> 0.5.6"])
       s.add_dependency("yajl-ruby",     ["~> 0.8.1"])
       s.add_dependency("activesupport", ["~> 3.0.4"])
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
       s.add_dependency("rspec",   ["= 2.1.0"])
     end
   else
-    s.add_dependency("faraday",       ["~> 0.5.7"])
+    s.add_dependency("faraday",       ["~> 0.8.5"])
     s.add_dependency("excon",         ["~> 0.5.6"])
     s.add_dependency("yajl-ruby",     ["~> 0.8.1"])
     s.add_dependency("activesupport", ["~> 3.0.4"])