diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 515b6f3c..c27d6f37 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ group :tests do
   # rubocop 0.58 throws when testing against ruby 2.1, so pin to the latest,
   # unless we're dealing with jruby...
   if RUBY_PLATFORM == 'java'
-    # load a rake version that works on java
-    gem 'rake', '~> 13.0'
+    # load a rake version that works on old JRuby versions
+    gem 'rake', '~> 10.0'
     # load a rubocop version that works on java for the Rakefile
     gem 'parser', '2.3.3.1'
     gem 'rubocop', '0.41.2'