diff --git a/database_cleaner-core.gemspec b/database_cleaner-core.gemspec
index db8cfa7..4233f04 100644
--- a/database_cleaner-core.gemspec
+++ b/database_cleaner-core.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-lib = File.expand_path("../lib", __FILE__)
-$LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
-require "database_cleaner/version"
+require_relative "./lib/database_cleaner/version"
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.name        = "database_cleaner-core"
diff --git a/database_cleaner.gemspec b/database_cleaner.gemspec
index 34dd56e..6d1cd44 100644
--- a/database_cleaner.gemspec
+++ b/database_cleaner.gemspec
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ require_relative "./lib/database_cleaner/version"
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.name        = "database_cleaner"
-  spec.version     = DatabaseCleaner::VERSION
+# FIXME temporarily hardcode to different version since core is at 2.0.0.beta2, but this gem only is at 2.0.0.beta
+# spec.version     = DatabaseCleaner::VERSION
+  spec.version     = "2.0.0.beta"
   spec.authors     = ["Ben Mabey", "Ernesto Tagwerker", "Micah Geisel"]
   spec.email       = ["ernesto@ombulabs.com"]
 
@@ -16,5 +18,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.files       = ["lib/database_cleaner.rb"]
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
-  spec.add_dependency "database_cleaner-active_record"
+  spec.add_dependency "database_cleaner-active_record", "~>2.0.0.beta2"
 end
diff --git a/lib/database_cleaner/version.rb b/lib/database_cleaner/version.rb
index 7a328e4..695c4ae 100644
--- a/lib/database_cleaner/version.rb
+++ b/lib/database_cleaner/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module DatabaseCleaner
-  VERSION = "2.0.0.beta"
+  VERSION = "2.0.0.beta2"
 end