diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index d61731e..5aa5d00 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ source :rubygems
 
 gem "faraday", "~> 0.5.7"
 
-gem "excon", "~> 0.6.4"
+gem "excon", "~> 0.71.0"
 gem "yajl-ruby", "~> 0.8.1", :require => "yajl"
 
 gem "activesupport", ">= 3.0.4"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 7587b83..4837117 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ GEM
     activesupport (3.0.4)
     addressable (2.2.4)
     diff-lcs (1.1.2)
-    excon (0.6.6)
+    excon (0.71.0)
     faraday (0.5.7)
       addressable (~> 2.2.4)
       multipart-post (~> 1.1.0)
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ PLATFORMS
 DEPENDENCIES
   activesupport (>= 3.0.4)
   bundler (>= 1.0.0)
-  excon (~> 0.6.4)
+  excon (~> 0.71.0)
   faraday (~> 0.5.7)
   i18n (>= 0.5.0)
   rake (~> 0.8.7)
diff --git a/pingdom-client.gemspec b/pingdom-client.gemspec
index 473eaa4..d7ad4cc 100644
--- a/pingdom-client.gemspec
+++ b/pingdom-client.gemspec
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     
     if Gem::Version.new(Gem::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
       s.add_runtime_dependency("faraday",       ["~> 0.5.7"])
-      s.add_runtime_dependency("excon",         ["~> 0.6.4"])
+      s.add_runtime_dependency("excon",         ">= 0.6.4", "< 0.79.0")
       s.add_runtime_dependency("yajl-ruby",     ["~> 0.8.1"])
       s.add_runtime_dependency("activesupport", [">= 3.0.4"])
       s.add_runtime_dependency("i18n",          [">= 0.5.0"])
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
       s.add_development_dependency("rspec",   ["= 2.1.0"])
     else
       s.add_dependency("faraday",       ["~> 0.5.7"])
-      s.add_dependency("excon",         ["~> 0.6.4"])
+      s.add_dependency("excon",         ">= 0.6.4", "< 0.79.0")
       s.add_dependency("yajl-ruby",     ["~> 0.8.1"])
       s.add_dependency("activesupport", [">= 3.0.4"])
       s.add_dependency("i18n",          [">= 0.5.0"])
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     end
   else
     s.add_dependency("faraday",       ["~> 0.5.7"])
-    s.add_dependency("excon",         ["~> 0.6.4"])
+    s.add_dependency("excon",         ">= 0.6.4", "< 0.79.0")
     s.add_dependency("yajl-ruby",     ["~> 0.8.1"])
     s.add_dependency("activesupport", [">= 3.0.4"])
     s.add_dependency("i18n",          [">= 0.5.0"])