diff --git a/rudder-sdk-ruby.gemspec b/rudder-sdk-ruby.gemspec
index 5b90215..9407657 100644
--- a/rudder-sdk-ruby.gemspec
+++ b/rudder-sdk-ruby.gemspec
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency 'tzinfo', '1.2.1'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'activesupport', '~> 6.0.2'
   if RUBY_VERSION >= '2.0' && RUBY_PLATFORM != 'java'
-    spec.add_development_dependency 'oj', '~> 3.6.2'
+    spec.add_development_dependency 'oj', '~> 3.16.11'
   end
   if RUBY_VERSION >= '2.1'
     spec.add_development_dependency 'rubocop', '~> 0.78.0'