diff --git a/stripe.gemspec b/stripe.gemspec
index fb39c429..7a3423de 100644
--- a/stripe.gemspec
+++ b/stripe.gemspec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.homepage = 'https://stripe.com/docs/api/ruby'
   s.license = 'MIT'
 
-  s.add_dependency('faraday', '~> 0')
+  s.add_dependency('faraday', '~> 0.9')
 
   s.files = `git ls-files`.split("\n")
   s.test_files    = `git ls-files -- test/*`.split("\n")