diff --git a/lib/octokit/middleware/follow_redirects.rb b/lib/octokit/middleware/follow_redirects.rb
index 00db73b6e..3b3556ee7 100644
--- a/lib/octokit/middleware/follow_redirects.rb
+++ b/lib/octokit/middleware/follow_redirects.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module Octokit
   module Middleware
 
     # Public: Exception thrown when the maximum amount of requests is exceeded.
-    class RedirectLimitReached < Faraday::Error::ClientError
+    class RedirectLimitReached < Faraday::ClientError
       attr_reader :response
 
       def initialize(response)
diff --git a/octokit.gemspec b/octokit.gemspec
index 762f7d937..765185b12 100644
--- a/octokit.gemspec
+++ b/octokit.gemspec
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require 'octokit/version'
 Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency 'bundler', '>= 1', '< 3'
   spec.add_dependency 'sawyer', '>= 0.5.3', '~> 0.8.0'
+  spec.add_dependency 'faraday', '>= 0.9'
   spec.authors = ["Wynn Netherland", "Erik Michaels-Ober", "Clint Shryock"]
   spec.description = %q{Simple wrapper for the GitHub API}
   spec.email = ['wynn.netherland@gmail.com', 'sferik@gmail.com', 'clint@ctshryock.com']