diff --git a/textstat.gemspec b/textstat.gemspec
index a1d2a47..1f93d1d 100644
--- a/textstat.gemspec
+++ b/textstat.gemspec
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 
   # Brakeman only for Ruby 3.0+
   if RUBY_VERSION >= '3.0.0'
-    spec.add_development_dependency 'brakeman', '~> 6.2'
+    spec.add_development_dependency 'brakeman', '~> 7.1'
   else
     # Fallback for Ruby 2.7
-    spec.add_development_dependency 'brakeman', '~> 5.4'
+    spec.add_development_dependency 'brakeman', '~> 7.1'
   end
 end