diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 8f31a84..e9e2e80 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -32,3 +32,5 @@ jobs:
         bundler-cache: true
     - name: Run the default task
       run: bundle exec rake
+    - name: Run the test suite with lower Faraday versions
+      run: FARADAY_VERSION=1.10.3 bin/setup && bundle exec rake test
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diff --git a/groq.gemspec b/groq.gemspec
index e81c59d..9c9850a 100644
--- a/groq.gemspec
+++ b/groq.gemspec
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.executables = spec.files.grep(%r{\Aexe/}) { |f| File.basename(f) }
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
-  spec.add_dependency "faraday", "~> 2.0"
+  spec.add_dependency "faraday", ENV['FARADAY_VERSION'] || ">= 1.10.0"
   spec.add_dependency "json"
   spec.add_dependency "activesupport", "> 5" # for Concerns
   spec.add_dependency "event_stream_parser", "~> 1.0"