diff --git a/dyndnsd.gemspec b/dyndnsd.gemspec
index fd9395b..f7a8aab 100644
--- a/dyndnsd.gemspec
+++ b/dyndnsd.gemspec
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency 'async', '~> 1.31.0'
   s.add_dependency 'async-dns', '~> 1.3.0'
   s.add_dependency 'base64', '~> 0.2.0' # needed for async
-  s.add_dependency 'logger', '~> 1.6.0'
+  s.add_dependency 'logger', '>= 1.6', '< 1.8'
   s.add_dependency 'metriks'
   s.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger', '~> 0.22.0'
   s.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-rack', '~> 0.22.0'