diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 2ceb7f20..6fdde962 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ gem 'acts_as_list'
 gem 'bootstrap-switch-rails', '~> 3.0.0'
 
 # for parsing OEmbed data
-gem 'ruby-oembed', '~>0.12.0'
+gem 'ruby-oembed'
 
 # for uploading images to the cloud
 gem 'cloudinary'