diff --git a/inspec.gemspec b/inspec.gemspec
index cf4f07d63..6e32a7b10 100644
--- a/inspec.gemspec
+++ b/inspec.gemspec
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_dependency 'pry', '~> 0'
   spec.add_dependency 'hashie', '~> 3.4'
   spec.add_dependency 'mixlib-log'
-  spec.add_dependency 'sslshake', '~> 1.1'
+  spec.add_dependency 'sslshake', '~> 1.2'
   spec.add_dependency 'parallel', '~> 1.9'
   spec.add_dependency 'faraday', '>=0.9.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'toml', '~> 0.1'