diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 020caab..d88e6d5 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ gemspec
 
 group :development do
   gem 'rake-compiler'
-  gem 'rdoc'
+  gem 'rdoc', *("< 8.0" if RUBY_ENGINE == "jruby")
   gem 'test-unit'
   gem 'test-unit-ruby-core'
   gem 'ruby-core-tasks', github: 'ruby/ruby-core-tasks'