diff --git a/dotenv-rails-safe.gemspec b/dotenv-rails-safe.gemspec
index fbb8fb9..d622c12 100644
--- a/dotenv-rails-safe.gemspec
+++ b/dotenv-rails-safe.gemspec
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.executables   = spec.files.grep(%r{^exe/}) { |f| File.basename(f) }
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
-  spec.add_dependency "dotenv-rails", '~> 2.2.1'
+  spec.add_dependency "dotenv-rails", '>= 2.2.1', '< 2.8.0'
 
   spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", "~> 1.13"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rake", "~> 10.0"