diff --git a/just-the-docs.gemspec b/just-the-docs.gemspec
index 2cd39912116aa7a1eb729161b5d45d2cbb68cf0b..a426d4e1eca5d6781ddd45096aeffd9779dd575d 100644
--- a/just-the-docs.gemspec
+++ b/just-the-docs.gemspec
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "bundler", "~> 2.1.4"
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "jekyll", ">= 3.8.5", "< 4.1.0"
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "jekyll-seo-tag", "~> 2.0"
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency "rake", "~> 12.3.1"
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency "rake", ">= 12.3.1", "< 13.1.0"
 
 end