diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index e5a18e0f..c7e66a28 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+27/9/2011 version 0.9.6.1 HOTFIX release
+* downgrading to CodeRay 0.9.8 due to problems with 1.0 and rails (autoloading problem) see #280 on pry and #6 on CodeRay
+* also added (as a minor feature) cirwin's implementation of edit --in
+* added early break/exit for objectpath errors (the 'cd 34/@hello/bad_path/23')
+
 19/9/2011 version 0.9.6
 * restored previous behavior of command-line switches (allowing "-rfilename")
 * removed -p option (--play) from edit command
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 1da3d10f..8bab7054 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ def apply_spec_defaults(s)
   s.executables = ["pry"]
   s.files = `git ls-files`.split("\n")
   s.test_files = `git ls-files -- test/*`.split("\n")
-  s.add_dependency("ruby_parser",">=2.0.5")
-  s.add_dependency("coderay",">=0.9.8")
+  s.add_dependency("ruby_parser","~>2.0.5")
+  s.add_dependency("coderay","~>0.9.8")
   s.add_dependency("slop","~>2.1.0")
-  s.add_dependency("method_source",">=0.6.5")
-  s.add_development_dependency("bacon",">=1.1.0")
+  s.add_dependency("method_source","~>0.6.5")
+  s.add_development_dependency("bacon","~>1.1.0")
   s.add_development_dependency("open4", "~>1.0.1")
   s.add_development_dependency("rake", "~>0.9")
 end
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ end
 namespace :jruby do
   spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     apply_spec_defaults(s)
-    s.add_dependency("spoon", ">=0.0.1")
+    s.add_dependency("spoon", "~>0.0.1")
     s.platform = "java"
   end
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ end
   namespace v do
     spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
       apply_spec_defaults(s)
-      s.add_dependency("win32console", ">=1.3.0")
+      s.add_dependency("win32console", "~>1.3.0")
       s.platform = "i386-#{v}"
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/pry/version.rb b/lib/pry/version.rb
index e2b66824..86944714 100644
--- a/lib/pry/version.rb
+++ b/lib/pry/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 class Pry
-  VERSION = "0.9.6"
+  VERSION = "0.9.6.1"
 end