diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index a99d68ebb5bf608f5a96b50577aa0cf4b79745f7..ff438a1168a7b660dde41358f19de02165a397b7 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ gem 'activesupport', '<5.0.0'
 gem 'blather'
 gem 'em-hiredis'
 gem 'em-http-request'
-gem 'eventmachine', '1.0.1'
+gem 'eventmachine'
 gem 'promise.rb'
 
 gem 'goliath'