diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index f12209f..235ab2f 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
 
 gemspec
 
-gem "faraday", ">= 1"
-
 gem "multipart-parser", "~> 0.1.1"
 gem "rake", "~> 13.0"
 gem "rspec", "~> 3.0"
diff --git a/lib/faraday/adapter/net_http_persistent.rb b/lib/faraday/adapter/net_http_persistent.rb
index 7b74683..dd2af43 100644
--- a/lib/faraday/adapter/net_http_persistent.rb
+++ b/lib/faraday/adapter/net_http_persistent.rb
@@ -186,7 +186,13 @@ def request_with_wrapped_block(http, env)
         min_version: :min_version,
         max_version: :max_version,
         verify_hostname: :verify_hostname
-      }.freeze
+      }
+
+      if Gem::Version.new(Faraday::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new("2.11.0")
+        SSL_CONFIGURATIONS[:ciphers] = :ciphers
+      end
+
+      SSL_CONFIGURATIONS.freeze
 
       def configure_ssl(http, ssl)
         return unless ssl