diff --git a/wpscan.gemspec b/wpscan.gemspec
index 020bcfb1..6b4cfe0f 100644
--- a/wpscan.gemspec
+++ b/wpscan.gemspec
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency 'bundler',             '>= 1.6'
   s.add_development_dependency 'coveralls',           '~> 0.8.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'memory_profiler',     '~> 0.9.13'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'rake',                '~> 12.3'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rake',                '~> 13.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec',               '~> 3.8.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec-its',           '~> 1.3.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop',             '~> 0.74.0'