diff --git a/sensu-plugins-mesos.gemspec b/sensu-plugins-mesos.gemspec
index 64c5875..0a346b8 100644
--- a/sensu-plugins-mesos.gemspec
+++ b/sensu-plugins-mesos.gemspec
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   # locked to keep ruby 2.1 support, this is pulled in by test-kitchen
   s.add_development_dependency 'mixlib-shellout',           ['< 2.3.0', '~> 2.2']
   s.add_development_dependency 'pry',                       '~> 0.10'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'rake',                      '~> 10.0'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rake',                      '~> 12.3'
   s.add_development_dependency 'redcarpet',                 '~> 3.2'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec',                     '~> 3.1'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop',                   '~> 0.40.0'