diff --git a/nose.gemspec b/nose.gemspec
index 52ebdcf4..2023dae4 100644
--- a/nose.gemspec
+++ b/nose.gemspec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency 'parallel', '>= 1.20.1', '< 1.28.0'
   s.add_dependency 'parslet', '>= 1.8', '< 2.1'
   s.add_dependency 'pickup', '~> 0.0.11'
-  s.add_dependency 'pry', '~> 0.13.1'
+  s.add_dependency 'pry', '>= 0.13.1', '< 0.17.0'
   s.add_dependency 'rake', '>= 12.3.2', '< 13.4.0'
   s.add_dependency 'representable', '~> 3.2.0', '>= 3.0.0'
   s.add_dependency 'ruby-graphviz', '~> 1.2.2', '>= 1.2.0'