diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 304763f..fbf5857 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           BUNDLE_WITHOUT: release
       - name: Build gem
-        run: gem build *.gemspec
+        run: gem build --strict --verbose *.gemspec
       - name: Publish gem to rubygems.org
         run: gem push *.gem
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 60ba696..df68d59 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ jobs:
           bundler-cache: true
       - name: Run tests
         run: bundle exec rake
+      - name: Build gem
+        run: gem build --strict --verbose *.gemspec
 
   tests:
     needs:
diff --git a/puppet-syntax.gemspec b/puppet-syntax.gemspec
index dce8de0..d180977 100644
--- a/puppet-syntax.gemspec
+++ b/puppet-syntax.gemspec
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 
   spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 2.7'
 
-  spec.add_dependency 'puppet', '>= 7'
-  spec.add_dependency 'rake'
+  spec.add_dependency 'puppet', '>= 7', '< 9'
+  spec.add_dependency 'rake', '~> 13.1'
 
-  spec.add_development_dependency 'pry'
-  spec.add_development_dependency 'rb-readline'
+  spec.add_development_dependency 'pry', '~> 0.14.2'
+  spec.add_development_dependency 'rb-readline', '~> 0.5.5'
 
   spec.add_development_dependency 'voxpupuli-rubocop', '~> 2.4.0'
 end