diff --git a/lib/net/ldap/filter.rb b/lib/net/ldap/filter.rb
index dc0d0ab3..e34221a9 100644
--- a/lib/net/ldap/filter.rb
+++ b/lib/net/ldap/filter.rb
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ def parse_filter_branch(scanner)
         scanner.scan(/\s*/)
         if op = scanner.scan(/<=|>=|!=|:=|=/)
           scanner.scan(/\s*/)
-          if value = scanner.scan(/(?:[-\[\]{}\w*.+\/:@=,#\$%&!'^~\s\xC3\x80-\xCA\xAF]|[^\x00-\x7F]|\\[a-fA-F\d]{2})+/u)
+          if value = scanner.scan(/(?:[-\[\]{}\w*.+\/:@=,#$%&!'^~;<>?"`|\s\xC3\x80-\xCA\xAF]|[^\x00-\x7F]|\\[a-fA-F\d]{2})+/u)
             # 20100313 AZ: Assumes that "(uid=george*)" is the same as
             # "(uid=george* )". The standard doesn't specify, but I can find
             # no examples that suggest otherwise.
diff --git a/lib/net/ldap/version.rb b/lib/net/ldap/version.rb
index db251bda..3688d849 100644
--- a/lib/net/ldap/version.rb
+++ b/lib/net/ldap/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Net
   class LDAP
-    VERSION = "0.19.0.1.akajw"
+    VERSION = "0.19.0.2.akajw"
   end
 end
diff --git a/net-ldap.gemspec b/net-ldap.gemspec
index a5e53b88..c21dd7cc 100644
--- a/net-ldap.gemspec
+++ b/net-ldap.gemspec
@@ -28,10 +28,11 @@ the most recent LDAP RFCs (4510-4519, plutions of 4520-4532).}
   s.require_paths = ["lib"]
   s.required_ruby_version = ">= 2.0.0"
   s.summary = %q{Net::LDAP for Ruby (also called net-ldap) implements client access for the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), an IETF standard protocol for accessing distributed directory services}
-
+  s.metadata["allowed_push_host"] = "https://geminabox.gcds.akamai.com"
+  
   s.add_development_dependency("flexmock", "~> 1.3")
   s.add_development_dependency("rake", "~> 12.3.3")
   s.add_development_dependency("rubocop", "~> 1.48")
   s.add_development_dependency("test-unit", "~> 3.3")
-  s.add_development_dependency("byebug", "~> 9.0.6") unless RUBY_PLATFORM == "java"
+  s.add_development_dependency("byebug", "~> 11.1.3") unless RUBY_PLATFORM == "java"
 end
diff --git a/test/test_filter_parser.rb b/test/test_filter_parser.rb
index 960ff1ad..8119b09b 100644
--- a/test/test_filter_parser.rb
+++ b/test/test_filter_parser.rb
@@ -26,4 +26,28 @@ def test_colons
   def test_attr_tag
     assert_kind_of Net::LDAP::Filter, Net::LDAP::Filter::FilterParser.parse("(mail;primary=jane@example.org)")
   end
+  
+  def test_semicolon_value
+    assert_kind_of Net::LDAP::Filter, Net::LDAP::Filter::FilterParser.parse("(mail;primary=jane@example.org;bar)")
+  end
+
+  def test_gele_value
+    assert_kind_of Net::LDAP::Filter, Net::LDAP::Filter::FilterParser.parse("(mail;primary=jane@example.org<bar>)")
+  end
+
+  def test_question_value
+    assert_kind_of Net::LDAP::Filter, Net::LDAP::Filter::FilterParser.parse("(mail;primary=jane@example.org?bar)")
+  end
+
+  def test_backtick_value
+    assert_kind_of Net::LDAP::Filter, Net::LDAP::Filter::FilterParser.parse("(mail;primary=jane@example.org`bar)")
+  end
+
+  def test_pipe_value
+    assert_kind_of Net::LDAP::Filter, Net::LDAP::Filter::FilterParser.parse("(mail;primary=jane@example.org|bar)")
+  end
+
+  def test_dollar_value
+    assert_kind_of Net::LDAP::Filter, Net::LDAP::Filter::FilterParser.parse("(mail;primary=jane@example.org$bar)")
+  end
 end