diff --git a/microsoft_kiota_serialization_json.gemspec b/microsoft_kiota_serialization_json.gemspec
index 788d3ee..3b875f3 100644
--- a/microsoft_kiota_serialization_json.gemspec
+++ b/microsoft_kiota_serialization_json.gemspec
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.require_paths = ['lib']
 
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'microsoft_kiota_abstractions', '~> 0.14.0'
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency 'uuidtools', '~> 2.2.0'
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency 'uuidtools', '>= 2.2', '< 3.1'
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'json', '>= 2.6.3', '< 2.10.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 13.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 3.0'