diff --git a/rspec-json_matchers.gemspec b/rspec-json_matchers.gemspec
index 798ab83..67498c1 100644
--- a/rspec-json_matchers.gemspec
+++ b/rspec-json_matchers.gemspec
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 
   spec.add_development_dependency "rake", ">= 10.0", "<= 14.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "appraisal", "~> 2.0", ">= 2.5.0"
-  spec.add_development_dependency "rspec-its", "~> 2.0"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "rspec-its", ">= 1.0", "< 3.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "simplecov", ">= 0.21"
   spec.add_development_dependency "simplecov-lcov", ">= 0.8"
   spec.add_development_dependency "gem-release", "~> 2.0"