diff --git a/puppetlabs_spec_helper.gemspec b/puppetlabs_spec_helper.gemspec
index 1b74a9cc..9d458be2 100644
--- a/puppetlabs_spec_helper.gemspec
+++ b/puppetlabs_spec_helper.gemspec
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 
   spec.required_ruby_version = Gem::Requirement.new('>= 2.7')
 
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency 'mocha', '~> 1.0'
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency 'mocha', '>= 1.0', '< 3'
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'pathspec', '>= 0.2', '< 3'
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'puppet-lint', '~> 4.0'
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'puppet-syntax', '~> 4.1', '>= 4.1.1'