diff --git a/faraday.gemspec b/faraday.gemspec
index 3392a3cb8..c587393d8 100644
--- a/faraday.gemspec
+++ b/faraday.gemspec
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec| # rubocop:disable Metrics/BlockLength
   spec.add_dependency 'faraday-em_http', '~> 1.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'faraday-em_synchrony', '~> 1.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'faraday-excon', '~> 1.1'
-  spec.add_dependency 'faraday-httpclient', '< 3'
+  spec.add_dependency 'faraday-httpclient', '~> 1.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'faraday-multipart', '~> 1.0'
-  spec.add_dependency 'faraday-net_http', '< 3'
-  spec.add_dependency 'faraday-net_http_persistent', '< 3'
-  spec.add_dependency 'faraday-patron', '< 3'
+  spec.add_dependency 'faraday-net_http', '~> 1.0'
+  spec.add_dependency 'faraday-net_http_persistent', '~> 1.0'
+  spec.add_dependency 'faraday-patron', '~> 1.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'faraday-rack', '~> 1.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'faraday-retry', '~> 1.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'ruby2_keywords', '>= 0.0.4'