diff --git a/thisdata.gemspec b/thisdata.gemspec
index a4d1a74..8daa4d1 100644
--- a/thisdata.gemspec
+++ b/thisdata.gemspec
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "httparty", "~> 0.13"
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency "json", "~> 1.8"
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency "json", "~> 2.0"
 
   spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", "~> 1.10"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rake", "~> 10.0"