diff --git a/knife-vsphere.gemspec b/knife-vsphere.gemspec
index d54dea2..ef2a853 100644
--- a/knife-vsphere.gemspec
+++ b/knife-vsphere.gemspec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.required_ruby_version = ">= 2.7"
   s.homepage = "https://github.com/chef/knife-vsphere"
   s.license = "Apache-2.0"
-  s.add_dependency "netaddr", "~> 1.5"
+  s.add_dependency "netaddr", ">= 1.5", "< 3.0"
   s.add_dependency "rbvmomi", ">= 1.8", "< 4.0"
   s.add_dependency "filesize", ">= 0.1.1", "< 0.3.0"
   s.add_dependency "chef-vault", ">= 2.6"