diff --git a/fakeweb.gemspec b/fakeweb.gemspec
index dfa56f9..19f2195 100644
--- a/fakeweb.gemspec
+++ b/fakeweb.gemspec
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   else
     # Otherwise, prefer up-to-date dev tools
     s.add_development_dependency "mocha", ["~> 0.14"] + broken_mocha_spec
-    s.add_development_dependency "rake",  ["~> 10.0"]
+    s.add_development_dependency "rake",  ["~> 12.3"]
 
     # ZenTest (autotest) wants at least RubyGems 1.8, which is 1.8.7+
     # only, as is RDoc, the main dependency of sdoc.