diff --git a/activemodel-serializers-xml.gemspec b/activemodel-serializers-xml.gemspec
index 65cf51f..16f408b 100644
--- a/activemodel-serializers-xml.gemspec
+++ b/activemodel-serializers-xml.gemspec
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 
   spec.files         = `git ls-files -z`.split("\x0").reject { |f| f.match(%r{^(test|spec|features)/}) }
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
-  spec.add_dependency "activesupport", "> 5.x"
-  spec.add_dependency "activemodel", "> 5.x"
+  spec.add_dependency "activesupport", ">= 5.0.0.a"
+  spec.add_dependency "activemodel", ">= 5.0.0.a"
   spec.add_dependency "builder", "~> 3.1"
 
   spec.add_development_dependency "rake", "~> 10.0"
-  spec.add_development_dependency "activerecord", "> 5.x"
-  spec.add_development_dependency "sqlite3"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "activerecord", ">= 5.0.0.a"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "sqlite3", "~> 1.3.6"
 end