diff --git a/jekyll.gemspec b/jekyll.gemspec
index 6e41003f..780a9388 100644
--- a/jekyll.gemspec
+++ b/jekyll.gemspec
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.rdoc_options = ["--charset=UTF-8"]
   s.extra_rdoc_files = %w[README.markdown LICENSE]
 
-  s.add_runtime_dependency('liquid', "~> 2.5.5")
+  s.add_runtime_dependency('liquid', "~> 2.6.1")
   s.add_runtime_dependency('classifier', "~> 1.3")
   s.add_runtime_dependency('listen', [">= 2.7.6", "< 3.0.0"])
   s.add_runtime_dependency('kramdown', "~> 1.3")