diff --git a/lita-irc.gemspec b/lita-irc.gemspec
index b7875f4..618127f 100644
--- a/lita-irc.gemspec
+++ b/lita-irc.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.name          = "lita-irc"
-  spec.version       = "1.2.3"
+  spec.version       = "1.3.0"
   spec.authors       = ["Jimmy Cuadra"]
   spec.email         = ["jimmy@jimmycuadra.com"]
   spec.description   = %q{An IRC adapter for Lita.}
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.test_files    = spec.files.grep(%r{^(test|spec|features)/})
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency "lita", "~> 2.5"
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency "cinch", "~> 2.0"
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency "lita", ">= 2.5"
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency "cinch", ">= 2.0"
 
   spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", "~> 1.3"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rake"