diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 851fabc2..3df9dcfc 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 gemspec
+
+if RUBY_VERSION < "1.9.3"
+  # escape_utils 1.0.0 requires 1.9.3 and above
+  gem "escape_utils", "0.3.2"
+end
diff --git a/github-linguist.gemspec b/github-linguist.gemspec
index 33d9fed1..0b868e78 100644
--- a/github-linguist.gemspec
+++ b/github-linguist.gemspec
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.executables << 'linguist'
 
   s.add_dependency 'charlock_holmes', '~> 0.6.6'
-  s.add_dependency 'escape_utils',    '~> 0.3.1'
+  s.add_dependency 'escape_utils',    '>= 0.3.1'
   s.add_dependency 'mime-types',      '~> 1.19'
   s.add_dependency 'pygments.rb',     '~> 0.5.2'