diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 170a0c9a6e3247ec4acd8078f66b5e6a44b995b7..69cd3c053c8af39697aa8a1b3af83a486aaae447 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
                ruby-actionpack,
                ruby-actionview,
                ruby-activesupport,
-               ruby-railties (>= 2:4.2.0),
+               ruby-railties,
                ruby-sqlite3,
                ruby-bundler
 Standards-Version: 4.5.1