diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9ae4138..b7f2364 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ## 3.0.1
  - support nil body
+ - fix dependency on semantic_logger (https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-jms/issues/17)
 
 ## 3.0.0
  - Breaking: Updated plugin to use new Java Event APIs
diff --git a/logstash-input-jms.gemspec b/logstash-input-jms.gemspec
index 36732db..1f9d13a 100644
--- a/logstash-input-jms.gemspec
+++ b/logstash-input-jms.gemspec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.name            = 'logstash-input-jms'
-  s.version         = '3.0.0'
+  s.version         = '3.0.1'
   s.licenses        = ['Apache License (2.0)']
   s.summary         = "Pull events from a JMS topic or queue."
   s.description     = "This gem is a Logstash plugin required to be installed on top of the Logstash core pipeline using $LS_HOME/bin/logstash-plugin install gemname. This gem is not a stand-alone program"
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_runtime_dependency "logstash-core-plugin-api", ">= 1.60", "<= 2.99"
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'logstash-codec-json', '~> 3.0'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'logstash-codec-plain', '~> 3.0'
+  s.add_runtime_dependency 'semantic_logger', '< 4.0.0'
 
   if RUBY_PLATFORM == 'java'
     s.platform = RUBY_PLATFORM