diff --git a/googleauth.gemspec b/googleauth.gemspec
index 9a3a0fc..82750e8 100755
--- a/googleauth.gemspec
+++ b/googleauth.gemspec
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.require_paths = ['lib']
   s.platform      = Gem::Platform::RUBY
 
-  s.add_dependency 'faraday', '~> 0.9'
+  s.add_dependency 'faraday', '~> 0.12'
   s.add_dependency 'logging', '~> 2.0'
   s.add_dependency 'jwt', '~> 1.4'
   s.add_dependency 'memoist', '~> 0.12'