diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 18cdb80..2e62cbe 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PATH
   specs:
     salama-reader (0.4.0)
       ast (~> 2.1.0)
-      parslet (~> 1.7.0)
+      parslet (~> 1.7.1)
 
 GEM
   remote: http://rubygems.org/
diff --git a/salama-reader.gemspec b/salama-reader.gemspec
index bbcdbcf..0fcbf06 100644
--- a/salama-reader.gemspec
+++ b/salama-reader.gemspec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.require_paths = ['lib']
   s.summary = 'Ruby parser for the salama machine'
 
-  s.add_dependency 'parslet', '~> 1.7.0'
+  s.add_dependency 'parslet', '~> 1.7.1'
   s.add_dependency 'ast', '~> 2.1.0'
 
 end