diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index f4100de..9a0f84a 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 source "https://rubygems.org"
 
+# ensure older verion of faraday
+gem 'faraday', '~> 0.17.3'
+
 gem "github-pages", group: :jekyll_plugins
 
 group :jekyll_plugins do