diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 927d8c5..f6efbbb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# 2.1.3
+  - Depend on logstash-core-plugin-api instead of logstash-core, removing the need to mass update plugins on major releases of logstash
 # 2.1.2
   - New dependency requirements for logstash-core for the 5.0 release
 ## 2.1.1
diff --git a/logstash-output-http.gemspec b/logstash-output-http.gemspec
index ffae211..877945a 100644
--- a/logstash-output-http.gemspec
+++ b/logstash-output-http.gemspec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.name            = 'logstash-output-http'
-  s.version         = '2.1.2'
+  s.version         = '2.1.3'
   s.licenses        = ['Apache License (2.0)']
   s.summary         = "This output lets you `PUT` or `POST` events to a generic HTTP(S) endpoint"
   s.description     = "This gem is a logstash plugin required to be installed on top of the Logstash core pipeline using $LS_HOME/bin/plugin install gemname. This gem is not a stand-alone program"
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.metadata = { "logstash_plugin" => "true", "logstash_group" => "output" }
 
   # Gem dependencies
-  s.add_runtime_dependency "logstash-core", ">= 2.0.0", "< 6.0.0.alpha1"
+  s.add_runtime_dependency "logstash-core-plugin-api", "~> 1.0"
   s.add_runtime_dependency "logstash-mixin-http_client", ">= 2.2.1", "< 3.0.0"
 
   s.add_development_dependency 'logstash-devutils'