Dependency Conflict: `africastalking` requires `json ~> 1.8` but newer RuboCop requires `json ~> 2.3`

[mainangethe]

Environment

• Ruby Version: v3.2.2

• Rails Version: v8.0.0

• Error Log:

Could not find compatible versions

    Because every version of africastalking depends on httparty ~> 0.13.7
      and httparty >= 0.12.0, < 0.14.0 depends on json ~> 1.8,
      every version of africastalking requires json ~> 1.8.
(1) So, because rubocop >= 1.31.1 depends on json ~> 2.3,
      every version of africastalking is incompatible with rubocop >= 1.31.1.

    Because rubocop-rails-omakase < 1.1.0 depends on rubocop-rails >= 0
      and rubocop-rails-omakase >= 1.1.0 depends on rubocop >= 1.72,
      either rubocop-rails >= 0 or rubocop >= 1.72.
    And because every version of rubocop-rails depends on rubocop >= 1.72.1, < 2.0,
      rubocop >= 1.72 is required.
    And because every version of africastalking is incompatible with rubocop >= 1.31.1 (1),
      africastalking cannot be used.
    So, because Gemfile depends on africastalking >= 0,
      version solving has failed.

Issue Description

When adding africastalking to a fresh Rails 8 project, Bundler fails to resolve dependencies due to a conflict between the json gem versions:

• africastalking depends on httparty ~> 0.13.7, which requires json ~> 1.8.
• RuboCop >= 1.31.1 (via rubocop-rails-omakase) requires json ~> 2.3.

This makes the gems incompatible in modern Rails/Ruby setups.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a new Rails 8 project: rails new myapp
2. Add gem 'africastalking' to the Gemfile
3. Run bundle install

Expected Behavior

Dependencies resolve successfully.

Workarounds Tried (Optional)

• Forcing json to ~> 1.8 works but (I'm only using this as a temporary fix.)

Suggested Fix

Update the africastalking gem’s dependencies to:

• Allow newer versions of httparty (which support json >= 2.0), or
• Relax the json dependency constraints.