diff --git a/sensu-plugins-gitlab.gemspec b/sensu-plugins-gitlab.gemspec
index b1a622e..693999f 100644
--- a/sensu-plugins-gitlab.gemspec
+++ b/sensu-plugins-gitlab.gemspec
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s| # rubocop:disable Metrics/BlockLength
 
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'gitlab', '~> 4.3'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'rest-client', '~> 2.0'
-  s.add_runtime_dependency 'sensu-plugin', '~> 2.0'
+  s.add_runtime_dependency 'sensu-plugin', '>= 2', '< 5'
 
   s.add_development_dependency 'bundler',                   '~> 1.15'
   s.add_development_dependency 'github-markup',             '~> 1.3'