diff --git a/minimal-mistakes-jekyll.gemspec b/minimal-mistakes-jekyll.gemspec
index 7c7a365..d7ee357 100644
--- a/minimal-mistakes-jekyll.gemspec
+++ b/minimal-mistakes-jekyll.gemspec
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
     f.match(%r{^(assets|_(data|includes|layouts|sass)/|(LICENSE|README|CHANGELOG)((\.(txt|md|markdown)|$)))}i)
   end
 
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency "jekyll", "3.9.3"
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency "jekyll", "4.4.1"
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "jekyll-paginate", "~> 1.1"
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "jekyll-sitemap", "~> 1.3"
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "jekyll-gist", "~> 1.5"