diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 1fc8fed..4471903 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PATH
       json (~> 1.6.3)
       nokogiri (>= 1.5, < 1.14)
       ruby-hmac (~> 0.4.0)
-      ruby-openid (~> 2.1.8)
+      ruby-openid (>= 2.1.8, < 2.10.0)
 
 GEM
   remote: http://rubygems.org/
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ GEM
     racc (1.6.0)
     rake (12.3.3)
     ruby-hmac (0.4.0)
-    ruby-openid (2.1.8)
+    ruby-openid (2.9.2)
     shoulda (2.11.3)
 
 PLATFORMS
diff --git a/flix4r.gemspec b/flix4r.gemspec
index 7e70d0c..c630f88 100644
--- a/flix4r.gemspec
+++ b/flix4r.gemspec
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency 'json',          '~> 1.6.3'
   s.add_dependency 'nokogiri',      '>= 1.5', '< 1.14'
   s.add_dependency 'ruby-hmac',     '~> 0.4.0'
-  s.add_dependency 'ruby-openid',   '~> 2.1.8'
+  s.add_dependency 'ruby-openid',   '>= 2.1.8', '< 2.10.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'mocha'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rake'
   s.add_development_dependency 'shoulda'