diff --git a/vagrant.gemspec b/vagrant.gemspec
index 39d3b4612..653f7b0c6 100644
--- a/vagrant.gemspec
+++ b/vagrant.gemspec
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency "net-sftp", "~> 2.1"
   s.add_dependency "net-scp", "~> 1.1.0"
   s.add_dependency "rb-kqueue", "~> 0.2.0"
-  s.add_dependency "rest-client", ">= 1.6.0", "< 2.0"
+  s.add_dependency "rest-client", ">= 1.6.0", "< 3.0"
   s.add_dependency "wdm", "~> 0.1.0"
   s.add_dependency "winrm", "~> 1.6"
   s.add_dependency "winrm-fs", "~> 0.3.0"