diff --git a/google-api-client.gemspec b/google-api-client.gemspec
index 86bb3343b85..970b2d5b23c 100644
--- a/google-api-client.gemspec
+++ b/google-api-client.gemspec
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'addressable', '~> 2.3'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'signet', '~> 0.6'
-  s.add_runtime_dependency 'faraday', '~> 1.9.0'
+  s.add_runtime_dependency 'faraday', '~> 1.10'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'faraday-multipart', '~> 1.0'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'googleauth', '~> 0.3'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'multi_json', '~> 1.10'