diff --git a/poltergeist.gemspec b/poltergeist.gemspec
index 5486581..bf05829 100644
--- a/poltergeist.gemspec
+++ b/poltergeist.gemspec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency "multi_json",     "~> 1.0"
   s.add_dependency "childprocess",   "~> 0.3"
   s.add_dependency "http_parser.rb", "~> 0.5.3"
-  s.add_dependency "faye-websocket", "~> 0.4", ">= 0.4.3"
+  s.add_dependency "faye-websocket", "~> 0.4", ">= 0.4.4"
 
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec',      '~> 2.8.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'sinatra',    '~> 1.0'