diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index a9b29979..a4affe22 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ PATH
   specs:
     ruby-openai (6.3.0)
       event_stream_parser (>= 0.3.0, < 2.0.0)
-      faraday (>= 1)
+      faraday (~> 1.10.1)
       faraday-multipart (>= 1)
+      faraday_middleware (< 1.2.0)
 
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
@@ -12,20 +13,37 @@ GEM
     addressable (2.8.5)
       public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 6.0)
     ast (2.4.2)
-    base64 (0.1.1)
     byebug (11.1.3)
     crack (0.4.5)
       rexml
     diff-lcs (1.5.0)
     dotenv (2.8.1)
     event_stream_parser (1.0.0)
-    faraday (2.7.11)
-      base64
-      faraday-net_http (>= 2.0, < 3.1)
+    faraday (1.10.3)
+      faraday-em_http (~> 1.0)
+      faraday-em_synchrony (~> 1.0)
+      faraday-excon (~> 1.1)
+      faraday-httpclient (~> 1.0)
+      faraday-multipart (~> 1.0)
+      faraday-net_http (~> 1.0)
+      faraday-net_http_persistent (~> 1.0)
+      faraday-patron (~> 1.0)
+      faraday-rack (~> 1.0)
+      faraday-retry (~> 1.0)
       ruby2_keywords (>= 0.0.4)
+    faraday-em_http (1.0.0)
+    faraday-em_synchrony (1.0.0)
+    faraday-excon (1.1.0)
+    faraday-httpclient (1.0.1)
     faraday-multipart (1.0.4)
       multipart-post (~> 2)
-    faraday-net_http (3.0.2)
+    faraday-net_http (1.0.1)
+    faraday-net_http_persistent (1.2.0)
+    faraday-patron (1.0.0)
+    faraday-rack (1.0.0)
+    faraday-retry (1.0.3)
+    faraday_middleware (1.1.0)
+      faraday (~> 1.0)
     hashdiff (1.0.1)
     json (2.6.3)
     multipart-post (2.3.0)
diff --git a/lib/openai.rb b/lib/openai.rb
index 704ef6f5..37cce3ed 100644
--- a/lib/openai.rb
+++ b/lib/openai.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 require "faraday"
-require "faraday/multipart" if Gem::Version.new(Faraday::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new("2.0")
+
+if Gem::Version.new(Faraday::VERSION) <= Gem::Version.new("2.0")
+  require 'faraday_middleware'
+  require 'logger'
+  # require 'json_api_client'
+else
+  require "faraday/multipart"
+end
 
 require_relative "openai/http"
 require_relative "openai/client"
diff --git a/ruby-openai.gemspec b/ruby-openai.gemspec
index 2bd77098..d7b0aa31 100644
--- a/ruby-openai.gemspec
+++ b/ruby-openai.gemspec
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
   spec.add_dependency "event_stream_parser", ">= 0.3.0", "< 2.0.0"
-  spec.add_dependency "faraday", ">= 1"
+  spec.add_dependency "faraday", "~> 1.10.1"
   spec.add_dependency "faraday-multipart", ">= 1"
+  spec.add_dependency 'faraday_middleware', "< 1.2.0"
 end
diff --git a/spec/openai/client/chat_spec.rb b/spec/openai/client/chat_spec.rb
index 20f9a223..d9321551 100644
--- a/spec/openai/client/chat_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/openai/client/chat_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 RSpec.describe OpenAI::Client do
   describe "#chat" do
-    context "with messages", :vcr do
+    context "with messages" do
       let(:messages) { [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }] }
       let(:stream) { false }
       let(:response) do
diff --git a/spec/openai/client/files_spec.rb b/spec/openai/client/files_spec.rb
index 42b5a6f1..b6ee075a 100644
--- a/spec/openai/client/files_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/openai/client/files_spec.rb
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
       let(:upload_cassette) { "#{cassette} upload" }
       let(:response) { OpenAI::Client.new.files.retrieve(id: upload_id) }
 
+      # binding.pry
+      print("foo bar")
+      print(response)
+
       it "succeeds" do
         VCR.use_cassette(cassette) do
           expect(response["filename"]).to eq(filename)