diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 5c45c44..f10b52e 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ source "http://rubygems.org"
 
 # manually load the gem's dependencies for now until
 # bundler version on Heroku is upgraded
-gem "rack",          ">= 1.0.1"
-gem "rest-client",   ">= 1.4.0", "< 1.7.0"
-gem "sequel",        "~> 3.20.0"
-gem "sinatra",       "~> 1.0.0"
-gem "sqlite3-ruby" , "~> 1.2"
+gem "rack"
+gem "rest-client"
+gem "sequel"
+gem "sinatra"
+gem "sqlite3-ruby"
 
 group :development do
   gem "bacon"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index cf05dfc..bef5d13 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,36 +1,39 @@
 GEM
   remote: http://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    activesupport (3.0.5)
+    activesupport (3.0.6)
     bacon (1.1.0)
     builder (3.0.0)
-    daemons (1.1.0)
+    daemons (1.1.2)
     eventmachine (0.12.10)
     extlib (0.9.15)
-    hoptoad_notifier (2.4.7)
+    hoptoad_notifier (2.4.9)
       activesupport
       builder
     mime-types (1.16)
-    mocha (0.9.8)
-      rake
+    mocha (0.9.12)
     mysql (2.8.1)
     mysql2 (0.2.6)
     pg (0.9.0)
-    rack (1.2.1)
+    rack (1.2.2)
     rack-test (0.5.7)
       rack (>= 1.0)
     rake (0.8.7)
     rcov (0.9.9)
     rest-client (1.6.1)
       mime-types (>= 1.16)
-    sequel (3.20.0)
-    sinatra (1.0)
-      rack (>= 1.0)
-    sqlite3-ruby (1.3.2)
-    thin (1.2.7)
+    sequel (3.22.0)
+    sinatra (1.2.3)
+      rack (~> 1.1)
+      tilt (>= 1.2.2, < 2.0)
+    sqlite3 (1.3.3)
+    sqlite3-ruby (1.3.3)
+      sqlite3 (>= 1.3.3)
+    thin (1.2.11)
       daemons (>= 1.0.9)
       eventmachine (>= 0.12.6)
       rack (>= 1.0.0)
+    tilt (1.2.2)
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
@@ -43,12 +46,12 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   mysql (= 2.8.1)
   mysql2 (= 0.2.6)
   pg (= 0.9.0)
-  rack (>= 1.0.1)
+  rack
   rack-test
   rake
   rcov
-  rest-client (>= 1.4.0, < 1.7.0)
-  sequel (~> 3.20.0)
-  sinatra (~> 1.0.0)
-  sqlite3-ruby (~> 1.2)
+  rest-client
+  sequel
+  sinatra
+  sqlite3-ruby
   thin (> 1.2.0)
diff --git a/bin/schema b/bin/schema
index 2f0fe8e..b25ff13 100755
--- a/bin/schema
+++ b/bin/schema
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 
 require 'rubygems'
-gem 'sequel', '~> 3.20.0'
+gem 'sequel'
 
 $:.unshift File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib'
 
diff --git a/taps.gemspec b/taps.gemspec
index 7831427..c17b7a2 100644
--- a/taps.gemspec
+++ b/taps.gemspec
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
 
   gem.files = Dir["**/*"].select { |d| d =~ %r{^(README|VERSION|bin/|data/|ext/|lib/|spec/|test/)} }
 
-  gem.add_dependency "rack",          ">= 1.0.1"
-  gem.add_dependency "rest-client",   ">= 1.4.0", "< 1.7.0"
-  gem.add_dependency "sequel",        "~> 3.20.0"
-  gem.add_dependency "sinatra",       "~> 1.0.0"
-  gem.add_dependency "sqlite3-ruby",  "~> 1.2"
+  gem.add_dependency "rack"
+  gem.add_dependency "rest-client"
+  gem.add_dependency "sequel"
+  gem.add_dependency "sinatra"
+  gem.add_dependency "sqlite3-ruby"
 
   gem.add_development_dependency "bacon"
   gem.add_development_dependency "mocha"