diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index abd8342..77fd96e 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ gem 'axiom_of_choice'
 gem 'stream', '0.5'
 gem 'object_regex', '~> 1.0'
 gem 'trollop', '~> 1.16.2'
-gem 'rake', '~> 0.9.0'
+gem 'rake', '~> 12.3.3'
 
 group :development do
   gem 'rspec', '~> 2.4.0'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index c80ff45..6ca2c96 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ GEM
     json (1.5.3)
     object_regex (1.0.1)
     polyglot (0.3.1)
-    rake (0.9.2)
+    rake (12.3.3)
     ripper-plus (1.3.0)
     rspec (2.4.0)
       rspec-core (~> 2.4.0)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   axiom_of_choice
   cucumber (>= 0.10.0)
   object_regex (~> 1.0)
-  rake (~> 0.9.0)
+  rake (~> 12.3.3)
   ripper-plus (~> 1.3.0)
   rspec (~> 2.4.0)
   stream (= 0.5)
diff --git a/laser.gemspec b/laser.gemspec
index 8c6e5aa..0b11126 100644
--- a/laser.gemspec
+++ b/laser.gemspec
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
       s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<stream>, ["= 0.5"])
       s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<object_regex>, ["~> 1.0"])
       s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<trollop>, ["~> 1.16.2"])
-      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<rake>, ["~> 0.9.0"])
+      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<rake>, ">= 0.9", "< 13.1")
       s.add_development_dependency(%q<rspec>, ["~> 2.4.0"])
       s.add_development_dependency(%q<cucumber>, [">= 0.10.0"])
     else
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
       s.add_dependency(%q<stream>, ["= 0.5"])
       s.add_dependency(%q<object_regex>, ["~> 1.0"])
       s.add_dependency(%q<trollop>, ["~> 1.16.2"])
-      s.add_dependency(%q<rake>, ["~> 0.9.0"])
+      s.add_dependency(%q<rake>, ">= 0.9", "< 13.1")
       s.add_dependency(%q<rspec>, ["~> 2.4.0"])
       s.add_dependency(%q<cucumber>, [">= 0.10.0"])
     end
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     s.add_dependency(%q<stream>, ["= 0.5"])
     s.add_dependency(%q<object_regex>, ["~> 1.0"])
     s.add_dependency(%q<trollop>, ["~> 1.16.2"])
-    s.add_dependency(%q<rake>, ["~> 0.9.0"])
+    s.add_dependency(%q<rake>, ">= 0.9", "< 13.1")
     s.add_dependency(%q<rspec>, ["~> 2.4.0"])
     s.add_dependency(%q<cucumber>, [">= 0.10.0"])
   end