diff --git a/github-linguist.gemspec b/github-linguist.gemspec
index 0101d5fa..7e26e805 100644
--- a/github-linguist.gemspec
+++ b/github-linguist.gemspec
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.extensions = ['ext/linguist/extconf.rb']
 
   s.add_dependency 'charlock_holmes', '~> 0.7.5'
-  s.add_dependency 'escape_utils',    '~> 1.1.0'
+  s.add_dependency 'escape_utils',    '~> 1.2.0'
   s.add_dependency 'mime-types',      '>= 1.19'
   s.add_dependency 'rugged',          '>= 0.25.1'