diff --git a/fauna.gemspec b/fauna.gemspec
index 79c31ce5..e1cd0305 100644
--- a/fauna.gemspec
+++ b/fauna.gemspec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.test_files = Dir.glob('spec/**')
   s.require_paths = ['lib']
 
-  s.add_runtime_dependency 'faraday', '~> 0.9.0'
+  s.add_runtime_dependency 'faraday', '~> 1.0.0'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'net-http-persistent', '~> 2.9'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'json', '~> 1.8'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 3.4'