diff --git a/rdkit.gemspec b/rdkit.gemspec
index 88795d7..c663cf0 100644
--- a/rdkit.gemspec
+++ b/rdkit.gemspec
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'multi_json'
 
   spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", "~> 1.8"
-  spec.add_development_dependency "rake", "~> 10.0"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "rake", "~> 13.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rspec"
 end