diff --git a/inspec.gemspec b/inspec.gemspec
index a47175ca5..dde028c2f 100644
--- a/inspec.gemspec
+++ b/inspec.gemspec
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_dependency 'thor', '~> 0.20'
   spec.add_dependency 'json', '>= 1.8', '< 3.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'method_source', '~> 0.8'
-  spec.add_dependency 'rubyzip', '~> 1.1'
+  spec.add_dependency 'rubyzip', '~> 1.2', '>= 1.2.2'
   spec.add_dependency 'rspec', '~> 3'
   spec.add_dependency 'rspec-its', '~> 1.2'
   spec.add_dependency 'pry', '~> 0'