diff --git a/kitchen-pester.gemspec b/kitchen-pester.gemspec
index ff8498a..2f89418 100644
--- a/kitchen-pester.gemspec
+++ b/kitchen-pester.gemspec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
   spec.add_development_dependency "rake"
-  spec.add_development_dependency "minitest",  "~> 5.3", "< 5.16"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "minitest",  "~> 5.3", "< 5.17"
   spec.add_development_dependency "mocha",     "~> 1.1"
 
   spec.add_dependency "test-kitchen", ">= 1.10", "< 4"