diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index c5029880..f1046569 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ PATH
   specs:
     ruby-openai (6.3.1)
       event_stream_parser (>= 0.3.0, < 2.0.0)
-      faraday (>= 1)
+      faraday (>= 0.17.6)
       faraday-multipart (>= 1)
 
 GEM
diff --git a/ruby-openai.gemspec b/ruby-openai.gemspec
index 20bd1da1..7e914d3a 100644
--- a/ruby-openai.gemspec
+++ b/ruby-openai.gemspec
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
   spec.add_dependency "event_stream_parser", ">= 0.3.0", "< 2.0.0"
-  spec.add_dependency "faraday", ">= 1"
+  spec.add_dependency "faraday", ">= 0.17.6"
   spec.add_dependency "faraday-multipart", ">= 1"
 end