diff --git a/puppetlabs_spec_helper.gemspec b/puppetlabs_spec_helper.gemspec
index 53bc37f2..8512fbf0 100644
--- a/puppetlabs_spec_helper.gemspec
+++ b/puppetlabs_spec_helper.gemspec
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.executables = Dir['bin/**/*'].map { |f| File.basename(f) }
   spec.require_paths = ['lib']
 
-  spec.required_ruby_version = Gem::Requirement.new('>= 2.7')
+  spec.required_ruby_version = Gem::Requirement.new('>= 2.5')
 
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'mocha', '~> 1.0'
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency 'pathspec', '~> 1.0'
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency 'puppet-lint', '~> 3.0'
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency 'pathspec', '~> 0.2'
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency 'puppet-lint', '~> 2.5.2'
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'puppet-syntax', '~> 3.0'
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'rspec-github', '~> 2.0'
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'rspec-puppet', '~> 2.0'