diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index be45e234d..88af8e00e 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
     cocoapods-core (1.10.1)
-      activesupport (~> 6.0)
+      activesupport (>= 5.0, < 7)
       addressable (~> 2.6)
       algoliasearch (~> 1.0)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.1)
diff --git a/cocoapods-core.gemspec b/cocoapods-core.gemspec
index 54f30b771..21de857ce 100644
--- a/cocoapods-core.gemspec
+++ b/cocoapods-core.gemspec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.files         =  Dir["lib/**/*.rb"] + %w{ README.md LICENSE }
   s.require_paths =  %w{ lib }
 
-  s.add_runtime_dependency 'activesupport', '~> 6.0'
+  s.add_runtime_dependency 'activesupport', '>= 5.0', '< 7'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'nap', '~> 1.0'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'fuzzy_match', '~> 2.0.4'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'algoliasearch', '~> 1.0'