diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 18d9e93..cfd976a 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ GEM
   specs:
     power_assert (2.0.3)
     rake (13.1.0)
-    rake-compiler (1.2.0)
+    rake-compiler (1.2.7)
       rake
     test-unit (3.6.2)
       power_assert
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ PLATFORMS
 
 DEPENDENCIES
   bsdcontrol.rb!
-  rake-compiler (= 1.2.0)
+  rake-compiler (~> 1.2)
   test-unit (~> 3.6)
 
 BUNDLED WITH
diff --git a/bsdcontrol.rb.gemspec b/bsdcontrol.rb.gemspec
index fd01b3c..526a3ba 100644
--- a/bsdcontrol.rb.gemspec
+++ b/bsdcontrol.rb.gemspec
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.extensions = %w[ext/bsdcontrol.rb/extconf.rb]
   gem.summary = "Ruby bindings for libhbsdcontrol"
   gem.description = gem.summary
-  gem.add_development_dependency "rake-compiler", "= 1.2.0"
+  gem.add_development_dependency "rake-compiler", "~> 1.2"
   gem.add_development_dependency "test-unit", "~> 3.6"
 end