diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b84bf83..afe8310 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Upcoming release
 
+* Loosen dependency version requirements
+
 ## 0.6.0
 
 * Include Jbuilder in list of dependencies (closes #15)
diff --git a/administrate-field-belongs_to_search.gemspec b/administrate-field-belongs_to_search.gemspec
index ef66a11..5dc9aea 100644
--- a/administrate-field-belongs_to_search.gemspec
+++ b/administrate-field-belongs_to_search.gemspec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.add_development_dependency 'factory_girl', '~> 4.8'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 13.0'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 3.4'
-  gem.add_development_dependency 'rubocop', '0.49.0'
+  gem.add_development_dependency 'rubocop', '~> 0.49.0'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'simplecov', '~> 0'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'sqlite3', '~> 1.3'