diff --git a/manageiq-gems-pending.gemspec b/manageiq-gems-pending.gemspec
index 92b1b5190..2e4d5b33f 100644
--- a/manageiq-gems-pending.gemspec
+++ b/manageiq-gems-pending.gemspec
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_runtime_dependency "more_core_extensions",    "~> 3.4"
   s.add_runtime_dependency "net-scp",                 "~> 1.2.1"
   s.add_runtime_dependency "net-sftp",                "~> 2.1.2"
-  s.add_runtime_dependency "nokogiri",                "~> 1.7.2"
+  s.add_runtime_dependency "nokogiri",                "~> 1.8.1"
   s.add_runtime_dependency "pg",                      "~> 0.18.2"
   s.add_runtime_dependency "pg-dsn_parser",           "~> 0.1.0"
   s.add_runtime_dependency "rake",                    ">= 11.0"