diff --git a/alchemy_cms.gemspec b/alchemy_cms.gemspec
index bbbd517744..02a9f15b2c 100644
--- a/alchemy_cms.gemspec
+++ b/alchemy_cms.gemspec
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.add_development_dependency "simplecov", ["~> 0.20"]
   gem.add_development_dependency "selenium-webdriver", ["~> 4.10"]
   gem.add_development_dependency "webmock", ["~> 3.3"]
-  gem.add_development_dependency "shoulda-matchers", "~> 7.0"
+  gem.add_development_dependency "shoulda-matchers", "~> 8.0"
   gem.add_development_dependency "db-query-matchers", "~> 0.12"
   gem.add_development_dependency "timecop", ["~> 0.9"]