diff --git a/berkshelf.gemspec b/berkshelf.gemspec
index 07dbe90ab..640f8bf4b 100644
--- a/berkshelf.gemspec
+++ b/berkshelf.gemspec
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency "retryable",            ">= 2.0", "< 4.0"
   s.add_dependency "solve",                "~> 4.0"
   s.add_dependency "thor",                 ">= 0.20"
-  s.add_dependency "octokit",              "~> 4.0"
+  s.add_dependency "octokit",              ">= 4.0", "< 6.0"
   s.add_dependency "mixlib-archive",       ">= 1.1.4", "< 2.0" # needed for ruby 3.0 / Dir.chdir removal
   s.add_dependency "concurrent-ruby",      "~> 1.0"
   s.add_dependency "chef",                 ">= 15.7.32" # needed for --skip-syntax-check