diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index a404c0d4b..00d920bd2 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ end
 
 gemspec
 
-gem "base64"
-
 group :benchmark, :test do
   gem 'benchmark-ips'
   gem 'memory_profiler'
diff --git a/liquid.gemspec b/liquid.gemspec
index 1b9a91004..cc45446b6 100644
--- a/liquid.gemspec
+++ b/liquid.gemspec
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.add_dependency("strscan", ">= 3.1.1")
   s.add_dependency("bigdecimal")
+  s.add_dependency("base64")
 
   s.add_development_dependency('rake', '~> 13.0')
   s.add_development_dependency('minitest')