diff --git a/wpscan.gemspec b/wpscan.gemspec
index 1bf1dfe9..5bd8b0e6 100644
--- a/wpscan.gemspec
+++ b/wpscan.gemspec
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency 'simplecov',           '~> 0.19.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'simplecov-lcov',      '~> 0.8.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'stackprof',           '~> 0.2.12'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'webmock',             '~> 3.8.0'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'webmock',             '~> 3.9.0'
 end