diff --git a/vagrant-parallels.gemspec b/vagrant-parallels.gemspec
index da0dbfa7..80fe2c96 100644
--- a/vagrant-parallels.gemspec
+++ b/vagrant-parallels.gemspec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 
   # Constraint rake to properly handle deprecated method usage
   # from within rspec
-  spec.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 10.4.2'
+  spec.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 11.3.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 3.5.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rspec-its', '~> 1.2.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rspec-collection_matchers', '~> 1.1.3'