diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 28124dd..95c7aea 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ gem "sqlite3",                          :platforms => :ruby
 gem 'rubysl',                           :platforms => :rbx
 gem "jruby-openssl",                    :platforms => :jruby
 gem "activerecord-jdbcsqlite3-adapter", :platforms => :jruby
-gem "rails", "~>4.1"
+gem "rails", "~>4.2"
 gem 'mongoid', '~>4.0' if Gem::Version.create(RUBY_VERSION.dup) >= Gem::Version.create('1.9.3')
 gem 'sequel'
 # Since mongoid V4 requires incompatible bson V2, cannot have mongoid (V4 or greater)
diff --git a/aasm.gemspec b/aasm.gemspec
index bead8e3..5d0ab8d 100644
--- a/aasm.gemspec
+++ b/aasm.gemspec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.add_development_dependency 'rake'
   s.add_development_dependency 'sdoc'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'rspec'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rspec', ">= 3"
 
   # debugging
   # s.add_development_dependency 'debugger'