diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index e657348..46688b6 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ begin
   gem.homepage = "http://httparty.rubyforge.org"
   gem.authors = ["John Nunemaker", "Sandro Turriate"]
   gem.add_dependency 'crack', '>= 0.1.1'
-  gem.add_development_dependency "rspec", "1.2.8"
+  gem.add_development_dependency "rspec", "1.2.9"
   gem.post_install_message = "When you HTTParty, you must party hard!"
   gem.rubyforge_project = 'httparty'
   # gem is a Gem::Specification... see http://www.rubygems.org/read/chapter/20 for additional settings
@@ -68,4 +68,4 @@ end
 desc 'Upload website files to rubyforge'
 task :website do
 sh %{rsync -av website/ jnunemaker@rubyforge.org:/var/www/gforge-projects/httparty}
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index b95aedd..f70f45f 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'lib', 'httparty')
-gem 'rspec', '1.2.8'
+gem 'rspec', '1.2.9'
 gem 'fakeweb'
 require 'spec/autorun'
 require 'fakeweb'
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ def stub_http_response_with(filename)
   http_request.stub!(:perform_actual_request).and_return(response)
 
   HTTParty::Request.should_receive(:new).and_return(http_request)
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end