diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'rubygems'
-gem 'rspec'
+gem 'rspec', '>= 1.2.8'
 require 'spec'
 require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'lib', 'httparty')
Bumped required version of rspec. One of specs was failing simply from bug in older version of rspec. All specs pass with at least this version.