diff --git a/fastimage.gemspec b/fastimage.gemspec
index e63191c..122754e 100644
--- a/fastimage.gemspec
+++ b/fastimage.gemspec
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.summary = %q{FastImage - Image info fast}
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'addressable', '~> 2.3.5'
   s.add_development_dependency 'fakeweb', '~> 1.3'
-  s.add_development_dependency('rake')
+  # Note rake 11 drops support for ruby 1.9.2
+  s.add_development_dependency('rake', '~> 10.5')
   s.add_development_dependency('rdoc')
   s.add_development_dependency('test-unit')