diff --git a/omniauth-azure-activedirectory.gemspec b/omniauth-azure-activedirectory.gemspec
index 5fd46ad..a21e1f8 100644
--- a/omniauth-azure-activedirectory.gemspec
+++ b/omniauth-azure-activedirectory.gemspec
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.files           = `git ls-files`.split("\n")
   s.require_paths   = ['lib']
 
-  s.add_runtime_dependency 'jwt', '~> 1.5'
+  s.add_runtime_dependency 'jwt', '~> 2.0'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'omniauth', '~> 1.1'
 
   s.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 10.4'