diff --git a/ext/project_data.yaml b/ext/project_data.yaml
index 3f0867dc0..5aff6ab4b 100644
--- a/ext/project_data.yaml
+++ b/ext/project_data.yaml
@@ -1,50 +1,50 @@
 ---
 project: 'puppet'
 author: 'Puppet Labs'
 email: 'info@puppetlabs.com'
 homepage: 'https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet'
 summary: 'Puppet, an automated configuration management tool'
 description: 'Puppet, an automated configuration management tool'
 version_file: 'lib/puppet/version.rb'
 # files and gem_files are space separated lists
 files: '[A-Z]* install.rb bin lib conf man examples ext tasks spec'
 # The gem specification bits only work on Puppet >= 3.0rc, NOT 2.7.x and earlier
 gem_files: '[A-Z]* install.rb bin lib conf man examples ext tasks spec'
 gem_test_files: 'spec/**/*'
 gem_executables: 'puppet'
 gem_default_executables: 'puppet'
 gem_forge_project: 'puppet'
 gem_runtime_dependencies:
   facter: ['> 1.6', '< 3']
   hiera: '~> 1.0'
   json_pure:
 gem_rdoc_options:
   - --title
   - "Puppet - Configuration Management"
   - --main
   - README.md
   - --line-numbers
 gem_platform_dependencies:
   x86-mingw32:
     gem_runtime_dependencies:
       # Pinning versions that require native extensions
-      ffi: '1.9.3'
+      ffi: '~> 1.9.5'
       win32-dir: '~> 0.4.9'
       win32-eventlog: '~> 0.6.1'
       win32-process: '~> 0.7.4'
       win32-security: '~> 0.2.5'
       win32-service: '~> 0.8.6'
       win32console:  '1.3.2'
       minitar: '~> 0.5.4'
   x64-mingw32:
     gem_runtime_dependencies:
-      ffi: '1.9.3'
+      ffi: '~> 1.9.5'
       win32-dir: '~> 0.4.9'
       win32-eventlog: '~> 0.6.1'
       win32-process: '~> 0.7.4'
       win32-security: '~> 0.2.5'
       win32-service: '~> 0.8.6'
       minitar: '~> 0.5.4'
 bundle_platforms:
   x86-mingw32: mingw
   x64-mingw32: x64_mingw