diff --git a/react_on_rails.gemspec b/react_on_rails.gemspec
index b0c01d203..7f7ea2a16 100644
--- a/react_on_rails.gemspec
+++ b/react_on_rails.gemspec
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency "addressable"
   s.add_dependency "connection_pool"
   s.add_dependency "execjs", "~> 2.5"
-  s.add_dependency "sqlite3", "~> 1.6"
   s.add_dependency "rails", ">= 5.2"
   s.add_dependency "rainbow", "~> 3.0"
 
   s.add_development_dependency "gem-release"
+  s.add_development_dependency "sqlite3", "~> 1.6"
   s.post_install_message = '
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