diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 2482aa9f9..13d51f292 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ gem "roadie", "~> 3.2.1"
 gem "mimemagic"
 gem "mail", "~> 2.6.6"
 
-gem "nokogiri", (RUBY_VERSION >= "2.1" ? "~> 1.7.2" : "~> 1.6.8")
+gem "nokogiri", (RUBY_VERSION >= "2.1" ? "~> 1.8.1" : "~> 1.6.8")
 gem "i18n", "~> 0.7.0"
 gem "ffi", "1.9.14", :platforms => :mingw if RUBY_VERSION < "2.0"