diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3187a5842..f3c88af68 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org).
 This document is formatted according to the principles of [Keep A CHANGELOG](http://keepachangelog.com).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+- [Javascript, PHP, Ruby] Allow messages v19.1.4 to v20.0.1 to be used
 
 ## [26.0.2] - 2022-12-27
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/javascript/package.json b/javascript/package.json
index 594519fc4..2924b7d53 100644
--- a/javascript/package.json
+++ b/javascript/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "typescript": "4.9.4"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@cucumber/messages": "^21.0.0"
+    "@cucumber/messages": "19.1.4 - 21"
   },
   "directories": {
     "test": "test"
diff --git a/php/composer.json b/php/composer.json
index 08b15aa47..b85e7eeb0 100644
--- a/php/composer.json
+++ b/php/composer.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "require": {
         "php": "^8.1",
         "ext-mbstring": "*",
-        "cucumber/messages": "^21.0"
+        "cucumber/messages": "19.1.4 - 21"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.5",
diff --git a/ruby/cucumber-gherkin.gemspec b/ruby/cucumber-gherkin.gemspec
index 6431ff0e8..5a2a02752 100644
--- a/ruby/cucumber-gherkin.gemspec
+++ b/ruby/cucumber-gherkin.gemspec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     'source_code_uri' => 'https://github.com/cucumber/gherkin/blob/main/ruby'
   }
 
-  s.add_dependency 'cucumber-messages', '~> 19.1', '>= 19.1.4'
+  s.add_dependency 'cucumber-messages', '=> 19.1.4', '< 22'
 
   s.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 13.0', '>= 13.0.6'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 3.11', '>= 3.11.0'