diff --git a/database_cleaner-core.gemspec b/database_cleaner-core.gemspec
index 4233f04..3136e63 100644
--- a/database_cleaner-core.gemspec
+++ b/database_cleaner-core.gemspec
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency "listen"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rspec"
 
-  spec.add_development_dependency "cucumber"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "cucumber", "~>3.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "activesupport"
   spec.add_development_dependency "database_cleaner-active_record"
   spec.add_development_dependency "sqlite3"