diff --git a/puppet-ghostbuster.gemspec b/puppet-ghostbuster.gemspec
index 2a25782..7f32301 100644
--- a/puppet-ghostbuster.gemspec
+++ b/puppet-ghostbuster.gemspec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.description = 'Try and find dead code in Puppet receipts'
   s.licenses    = 'Apache-2.0'
 
-  s.required_ruby_version = Gem::Requirement.new('>= 2.7')
+  s.required_ruby_version = '>= 2.7'
 
   s.files       = `git ls-files`.split("\n")
   s.executables = `git ls-files -- bin/*`.split("\n").map { |f| File.basename(f) }