diff --git a/wpscan.gemspec b/wpscan.gemspec
index 6b15f231..432fde76 100644
--- a/wpscan.gemspec
+++ b/wpscan.gemspec
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency 'cms_scanner', '~> 0.12.1'
 
   s.add_development_dependency 'bundler',             '>= 1.6'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'memory_profiler',     '~> 0.9.13'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'memory_profiler',     '~> 1.0.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rake',                '~> 13.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec',               '~> 3.10.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec-its',           '~> 1.3.0'