diff --git a/databases/rubygem-puppetdb_cli/Makefile b/databases/rubygem-puppetdb_cli/Makefile
index 21356d7eca37..6933019a4bf9 100644
--- a/databases/rubygem-puppetdb_cli/Makefile
+++ b/databases/rubygem-puppetdb_cli/Makefile
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 PORTNAME=	puppetdb_cli
 PORTVERSION=	2.0.1
 CATEGORIES=	databases rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
 MAINTAINER=	puppet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	PuppetDB CLI Tooling
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-cri>0:devel/rubygem-cri \
-		rubygem-pl-puppetdb-ruby>0:databases/rubygem-pl-puppetdb-ruby
+RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-cri>=2.15<3:devel/rubygem-cri \
+		rubygem-pl-puppetdb-ruby>=2.0.3<2.1:databases/rubygem-pl-puppetdb-ruby
 
 USES=		gem
 USE_RUBY=	yes
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/puppet-db \
 		bin/puppet-query
 
 post-patch:
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|/etc/puppetlabs|/usr/local/etc|' \
 		${WRKSRC}/man/puppetdb_conf.pod
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>