diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 230ee1b..bc9154b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ before_install:
   - gem install bundler
 
 gemfile:
-  - gemfiles/rails_4.2.gemfile
+  # ignore 4.2 for now as the cost to run these tests is too high
+  # - gemfiles/rails_4.2.gemfile
   - gemfiles/rails_5.0.gemfile
   - gemfiles/rails_5.1.gemfile
   - gemfiles/rails_5.2.gemfile
diff --git a/Appraisals b/Appraisals
index b243104..82d15ad 100644
--- a/Appraisals
+++ b/Appraisals
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-appraise 'rails-4.2' do
-  gem 'rails', '~> 4.2.0'
-
-  # The last version that doesn't need Ruby 2.0 and works with version 4.2 of
-  # Rails. This addresses a build problem with Travis for version 1.9.3 of Ruby
-  gem 'mime-types', '2.6.2', :platforms => :ruby_19
-end
+# appraise 'rails-4.2' do
+#   gem 'rails', '~> 4.2.0'
+#
+#   # The last version that doesn't need Ruby 2.0 and works with version 4.2 of
+#   # Rails. This addresses a build problem with Travis for version 1.9.3 of Ruby
+#   gem 'mime-types', '2.6.2', :platforms => :ruby_19
+# end
 
 appraise 'rails-5.0' do
   gem 'rails', '>= 5.0.0', '< 5.1'
diff --git a/awesome_print.gemspec b/awesome_print.gemspec
index a2f117f..25cce46 100644
--- a/awesome_print.gemspec
+++ b/awesome_print.gemspec
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.require_paths = ['lib']
 
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec',  '>= 3.0.0'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'appraisal', '= 2.0.0'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'appraisal'
   s.add_development_dependency 'fakefs', '>= 0.2.1'
   s.add_development_dependency 'sqlite3'
   s.add_development_dependency 'nokogiri', '>= 1.6.5'
diff --git a/gemfiles/mongoid_4.0.gemfile b/gemfiles/mongoid_4.0.gemfile
index 5a038c1..c899518 100644
--- a/gemfiles/mongoid_4.0.gemfile
+++ b/gemfiles/mongoid_4.0.gemfile
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
 
 gem "mongoid", "~> 4.0.0"
 
-gemspec :path => "../"
+gemspec path: "../"
diff --git a/gemfiles/mongoid_5.0.gemfile b/gemfiles/mongoid_5.0.gemfile
index 225d377..4404aeb 100644
--- a/gemfiles/mongoid_5.0.gemfile
+++ b/gemfiles/mongoid_5.0.gemfile
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
 
 gem "mongoid", "~> 5.0.0"
 
-gemspec :path => "../"
+gemspec path: "../"
diff --git a/gemfiles/mongoid_6.0.gemfile b/gemfiles/mongoid_6.0.gemfile
index 0eea277..dc461ad 100644
--- a/gemfiles/mongoid_6.0.gemfile
+++ b/gemfiles/mongoid_6.0.gemfile
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
 
 gem "mongoid", "~> 6.0.0"
 
-gemspec :path => "../"
+gemspec path: "../"
diff --git a/gemfiles/rails_4.2.gemfile b/gemfiles/rails_4.2.gemfile
index 2fb73f1..aa2a7ea 100644
--- a/gemfiles/rails_4.2.gemfile
+++ b/gemfiles/rails_4.2.gemfile
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 source "https://rubygems.org"
 
 gem "rails", "~> 4.2.0"
-gem "mime-types", "2.6.2", :platforms => :ruby_19
+gem "mime-types", "2.6.2", platforms: :ruby_19
 
-gemspec :path => "../"
+gemspec path: "../"
diff --git a/gemfiles/rails_5.0.gemfile b/gemfiles/rails_5.0.gemfile
index 0588df0..4c5cb4b 100644
--- a/gemfiles/rails_5.0.gemfile
+++ b/gemfiles/rails_5.0.gemfile
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
 
 gem "rails", ">= 5.0.0", "< 5.1"
 
-gemspec :path => "../"
+gemspec path: "../"
diff --git a/gemfiles/rails_5.1.gemfile b/gemfiles/rails_5.1.gemfile
index c78e558..d974e25 100644
--- a/gemfiles/rails_5.1.gemfile
+++ b/gemfiles/rails_5.1.gemfile
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
 
 gem "rails", ">= 5.1.0", "< 5.2"
 
-gemspec :path => "../"
+gemspec path: "../"
diff --git a/gemfiles/rails_5.2.gemfile b/gemfiles/rails_5.2.gemfile
index 00c0b13..a3348a9 100644
--- a/gemfiles/rails_5.2.gemfile
+++ b/gemfiles/rails_5.2.gemfile
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
 
 gem "rails", ">= 5.2.0", "< 5.3"
 
-gemspec :path => "../"
+gemspec path: "../"
diff --git a/spec/ext/active_record_spec.rb b/spec/ext/active_record_spec.rb
index 0caf3ba..9d024b7 100644
--- a/spec/ext/active_record_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ext/active_record_spec.rb
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ class SubUser < User {
       out = @ap.awesome(User.methods.grep(/first/))
 
       if ActiveRecord::VERSION::STRING >= '3.2'
-        if RUBY_VERSION >= '2.5'
+        if RUBY_VERSION >= '2.4.4'
           expect(out).to match(/\sfirst\(\*arg.*?\)\s+User/)
         elsif RUBY_VERSION >= '1.9'
           expect(out).to match(/\sfirst\(\*args,\s&block\)\s+Class \(ActiveRecord::Querying\)/)
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ class SubUser < User {
 
       # spec 2
       out = @ap.awesome(User.methods.grep(/primary_key/))
-      if RUBY_VERSION >= '2.5'
+      if RUBY_VERSION >= '2.4.4'
         expect(out).to match(/\sprimary_key\(.*?\)\s+User/)
       else
         expect(out).to match(/\sprimary_key\(.*?\)\s+Class \(ActiveRecord::AttributeMethods::PrimaryKey::ClassMethods\)/)
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ class SubUser < User {
       if ActiveRecord::VERSION::MAJOR < 3
         expect(out).to match(/\svalidate\(\*arg.*?\)\s+User \(ActiveRecord::Base\)/)
       else
-        if RUBY_VERSION >= '2.5'
+        if RUBY_VERSION >= '2.4.4'
           expect(out).to match(/\svalidate\(\*arg.*?\)\s+User/)
         else
           expect(out).to match(/\svalidate\(\*arg.*?\)\s+Class \(ActiveModel::Validations::ClassMethods\)/)
diff --git a/spec/ext/mongoid_spec.rb b/spec/ext/mongoid_spec.rb
index 2eb29c8..cb8e7f3 100644
--- a/spec/ext/mongoid_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ext/mongoid_spec.rb
@@ -38,32 +38,13 @@ RSpec.describe 'AwesomePrint/Mongoid', skip: -> { !ExtVerifier.has_mongoid? }.ca
   end
 
   it 'should print the class' do
-    class_spec = if mongoid_3_0?
-                   <<-EOS.strip
-class MongoUser < Object {
-           :_id => :"moped/bson/object_id",
-         :_type => :string,
-    :first_name => :string,
-     :last_name => :string
-}
-                   EOS
-                 elsif mongoid_3_1?
-                   <<-EOS.strip
-class MongoUser < Object {
-           :_id => :"moped/bson/object_id",
-    :first_name => :string,
-     :last_name => :string
-}
-                   EOS
-                 elsif mongoid_4_0?
-                   <<-EOS.strip
+    class_spec = <<-EOS.strip
 class MongoUser < Object {
            :_id => :"bson/object_id",
     :first_name => :string,
      :last_name => :string
 }
                    EOS
-                 end
 
     expect(@ap.send(:awesome, MongoUser)).to eq class_spec
   end
@@ -74,30 +55,12 @@ class MongoUser < Object {
       field :last_attribute
     end
 
-    class_spec = if mongoid_3_0?
-                   <<-EOS.strip
-class Chamelion < Object {
-               :_id => :"moped/bson/object_id",
-             :_type => :string,
-    :last_attribute => :object
-}
-                   EOS
-                 elsif mongoid_3_1?
-                   <<-EOS.strip
-class Chamelion < Object {
-               :_id => :"moped/bson/object_id",
-    :last_attribute => :object
-}
-                   EOS
-                 elsif mongoid_4_0?
-                   <<-EOS.strip
+    class_spec = <<-EOS.strip
 class Chamelion < Object {
                :_id => :"bson/object_id",
     :last_attribute => :object
 }
                    EOS
-                 end
-
 
     expect(@ap.send(:awesome, Chamelion)).to eq class_spec
   end
diff --git a/spec/support/mongoid_versions.rb b/spec/support/mongoid_versions.rb
index 7cfadd6..0cfb569 100644
--- a/spec/support/mongoid_versions.rb
+++ b/spec/support/mongoid_versions.rb
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ module MongoidVersions
     Gem::Requirement.new('~> 4.0.0').satisfied_by?(mongoid_version)
   end
 
-  def mongoid_3_0?
-    Gem::Requirement.new('~> 3.0.0').satisfied_by?(mongoid_version)
+  def mongoid_5_0?
+    Gem::Requirement.new('~> 5.0.0').satisfied_by?(mongoid_version)
   end
 
-  def mongoid_3_1?
-    Gem::Requirement.new('~> 3.1.0').satisfied_by?(mongoid_version)
+  def mongoid_6_0?
+    Gem::Requirement.new('~> 6.0.0').satisfied_by?(mongoid_version)
   end
 end