diff --git a/linguist.gemspec b/linguist.gemspec
index fd95ca91..30b964d6 100644
--- a/linguist.gemspec
+++ b/linguist.gemspec
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency 'charlock_holmes', '~> 0.6.6'
   s.add_dependency 'escape_utils',    '~> 0.2.3'
   s.add_dependency 'mime-types',      '~> 1.16'
-  s.add_dependency 'pygments.rb',     '~> 0.2.3'
+  s.add_dependency 'pygments.rb',     '~> 0.2.7'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rake'
 end