diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4b1fb51b..fa8d73ac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Other changes:
 * Removed the post-install message (@Kriechi)
 * Refactor `Configuration::Filter` to use filtering strategies instead
   of case statements (@cshaffer)
-* Old versions of SSHKit (before 1.7.1) are no longer supported
+* Old versions of SSHKit (before 1.9.0) are no longer supported
 * Drop support for Ruby 1.9.3 (Capistrano may still work with 1.9.3, but it is
   no longer officially supported)
 * Added new runtime option `--print-config-variables` that inspect all defined config variables in order to assist development of new capistrano tasks (@gerardo-navarro)
diff --git a/capistrano.gemspec b/capistrano.gemspec
index 39a17fda..48f13418 100644
--- a/capistrano.gemspec
+++ b/capistrano.gemspec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.add_dependency "airbrussh", ">= 1.0.0"
   gem.add_dependency "i18n"
   gem.add_dependency "rake", ">= 10.0.0"
-  gem.add_dependency "sshkit", ">= 1.9.0.rc1"
+  gem.add_dependency "sshkit", ">= 1.9.0"
 
   gem.add_development_dependency "rspec"
   gem.add_development_dependency "mocha"