diff --git a/src/ruby/grpc.gemspec b/src/ruby/grpc.gemspec
index c633579102531d5f43c73b56ffb628a917000f31..19b3e21cb6d1f170008a6bce8a02c85e2005fbfd 100755
--- a/src/ruby/grpc.gemspec
+++ b/src/ruby/grpc.gemspec
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.add_dependency 'google-protobuf', '~> 3.0.0alpha.1.1'
   s.add_dependency 'googleauth', '~> 0.4'  # reqd for interop tests
-  s.add_dependency 'logging', '~> 1.8'
+  s.add_dependency 'logging', '~> 2.0'
   s.add_dependency 'minitest', '~> 5.4'  # reqd for interop tests
 
   s.add_development_dependency 'simplecov', '~> 0.9'