diff --git a/devel/rubygem-puppet-modulebuilder/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-puppet-modulebuilder/Makefile
index 4048a098c404..0e726ddeac08 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-puppet-modulebuilder/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-puppet-modulebuilder/Makefile
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-minitar0>=0.9<1:archivers/rubygem-minitar0 \
-		rubygem-pathspec>=0.2.1:devel/rubygem-pathspec
+		rubygem-pathspec>=0.2.1<3.0.0:devel/rubygem-pathspec
 
 USES=		gem
+
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>