diff --git a/lib/tmpdir.gemspec b/lib/tmpdir.gemspec
index 7b76403002..8e471bf107 100644
--- a/lib/tmpdir.gemspec
+++ b/lib/tmpdir.gemspec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.description   = %q{Extends the Dir class to manage the OS temporary file path.}
   spec.homepage      = "https://github.com/ruby/tmpdir"
   spec.licenses      = ["Ruby", "BSD-2-Clause"]
-  spec.required_ruby_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 2.3.0")
+  spec.required_ruby_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 2.7.0")
 
   spec.metadata["homepage_uri"] = spec.homepage
   spec.metadata["source_code_uri"] = spec.homepage