diff --git a/ruby/cucumber-messages.gemspec b/ruby/cucumber-messages.gemspec
index 73b59bd1..36edd5e5 100644
--- a/ruby/cucumber-messages.gemspec
+++ b/ruby/cucumber-messages.gemspec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     'source_code_uri' => 'https://github.com/cucumber/messages'
   }
 
-  s.add_development_dependency 'cucumber-compatibility-kit', '~> 15.0'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'cucumber-compatibility-kit', '~> 17.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 13.1'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 3.13'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop', '~> 1.71.0'