diff --git a/lib/slack/version.rb b/lib/slack/version.rb
index dac357e..6fff37c 100644
--- a/lib/slack/version.rb
+++ b/lib/slack/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Slack
-  VERSION = "1.6.1"
+  VERSION = "1.6.2"
 end
diff --git a/slack.gemspec b/slack.gemspec
index 71769f8..9de7e78 100644
--- a/slack.gemspec
+++ b/slack.gemspec
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency "pry"
 
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "faraday", "~> 0.11"
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency "faraday_middleware", "~> 0.10.0"
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency "faraday_middleware", "~> 0.12.0"
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "multi_json", ">= 1.0.3", "~> 1.0"
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "faye-websocket", "~> 0.10.6"
 end