diff --git a/rubygem-shoulda.spec b/rubygem-shoulda.spec
index 17bacc576189379f4390950ea9ac893e93137390..4ca66ba8de4ef8da9627696217f45d7a4021ef9f 100644
--- a/rubygem-shoulda.spec
+++ b/rubygem-shoulda.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %global gem_name shoulda
 Name:                rubygem-%{gem_name}
 Version:             3.6.0
-Release:             2
+Release:             3
 Summary:             Making tests easy on the fingers and eyes
 License:             MIT
 URL:                 https://github.com/thoughtbot/shoulda
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ Documentation for %{name}.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{gem_name}-%{version}
+%gemspec_remove_dep -g shoulda-matchers '~> 3.0'
+%gemspec_add_dep -g shoulda-matchers ['>= 3.0', '< 5']
 
 %build
 gem build ../%{gem_name}-%{version}.gemspec
@@ -81,6 +83,9 @@ popd
 %{gem_instdir}/test
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jun 29 2022 liyanan <liyanan32@h-partners.com> - 3.6.0-3
+- Relax shoulda-matchers dependency 
+
 * Thu Mar 3 2022 liyanan <liyanan32@huawei.com> - 3.6.0-2
 - fix build error