diff --git a/modulesync.gemspec b/modulesync.gemspec
index cc2fc7b..20473a2 100644
--- a/modulesync.gemspec
+++ b/modulesync.gemspec
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'git', '~>1.7'
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'gitlab', '~>4.0'
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency 'octokit', '>=4', '<8'
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency 'octokit', '>=4', '<9'
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'puppet-blacksmith', '>= 3.0', '< 8'
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'thor'
 end