diff --git a/jekyll.gemspec b/jekyll.gemspec
index dcb2c909..87b5778e 100644
--- a/jekyll.gemspec
+++ b/jekyll.gemspec
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_runtime_dependency('kramdown', "~> 0.14.1")
   s.add_runtime_dependency('pygments.rb', "~> 0.3.2")
   s.add_runtime_dependency('commander', "~> 4.1.3")
-  s.add_runtime_dependency('safe_yaml', "~> 0.4")
+  s.add_runtime_dependency('safe_yaml', "~> 0.7")
 
   s.add_development_dependency('rake', "~> 10.0.3")
   s.add_development_dependency('rdoc', "~> 3.11")