diff --git a/bolt.gemspec b/bolt.gemspec
index ae9910379..36d4268b0 100644
--- a/bolt.gemspec
+++ b/bolt.gemspec
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_dependency "winrm-fs", "~> 1.3"
 
   spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", ">= 1.14"
-  spec.add_development_dependency "octokit", "~> 4.0"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "octokit", "~> 4.0", '< 9'
   spec.add_development_dependency "puppetlabs_spec_helper", "~> 5.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rake", "~> 12.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rspec", "~> 3.0"