--- a/puppet_forge.gemspec
+++ b/puppet_forge.gemspec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "faraday", "~> 2.0"
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "faraday-follow_redirects", "~> 0.3.0"
   spec.add_dependency "semantic_puppet", "~> 1.0"
-  spec.add_dependency "minitar",  '~> 1.0', '>= 1.0.2'
+  spec.add_dependency "minitar", '>= 1.0.2'
 
   spec.add_development_dependency "rake"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rspec", "~> 3.0"