diff --git a/surveymonkey.gemspec b/surveymonkey.gemspec
index f7def53..a6c5d73 100644
--- a/surveymonkey.gemspec
+++ b/surveymonkey.gemspec
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "deep_merge", "~> 1"
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "httparty", "~> 0.13"
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency "json", "~> 1.8"
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency "json", "~> 2.7"
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "logging", "~> 2"
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "timeliness", "~> 0.3"
 end