diff --git a/.byebug_history b/.byebug_history
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1c169932
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.byebug_history
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+continue
+$done_debugging = true
+next
diff --git a/paper_trail.gemspec b/paper_trail.gemspec
index e5e17ddc..ec20cfcc 100644
--- a/paper_trail.gemspec
+++ b/paper_trail.gemspec
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ has been destroyed.
   s.add_dependency "request_store", "~> 1.1"
 
   s.add_development_dependency "appraisal", "~> 2.2"
+  s.add_development_dependency "byebug", "~> 9.1"
   s.add_development_dependency "database_cleaner", "~> 1.6"
   s.add_development_dependency "ffaker", "~> 2.7"
   s.add_development_dependency "generator_spec", "~> 0.9.4"
   s.add_development_dependency "mysql2", "~> 0.4.9"
   s.add_development_dependency "pg", "~> 0.21.0"
-  s.add_development_dependency "pry-byebug", "~> 3.5"
   s.add_development_dependency "rack-test", "~> 0.6.3"
   s.add_development_dependency "rake", "~> 12.1"
   s.add_development_dependency "rspec-rails", "~> 3.7.1"
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 821eb9f1..cf6176d9 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-require "pry"
-
-# This file is copied to spec/ when you run 'rails generate rspec:install'
 ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= "test"
 ENV["DB"] ||= "sqlite"
 
+require "byebug"
+
 unless File.exist?(File.expand_path("dummy_app/config/database.yml", __dir__))
   warn "WARNING: No database.yml detected for the dummy app, please run `rake prepare` first"
 end