diff --git a/spec/spec.opts b/.rspec
similarity index 100%
rename from spec/spec.opts
rename to .rspec
diff --git a/lib/v8/cli.rb b/lib/v8/cli.rb
index 265f83a..4e1dd41 100644
--- a/lib/v8/cli.rb
+++ b/lib/v8/cli.rb
@@ -57,17 +57,17 @@ module V8
         puts e.backtrace(:javascript)
       rescue StandardError => e
         puts e
-      end      
+      end
     end
     
     def self.test
       begin
         require 'rubygems'
-        require 'spec'
-        parser = ::Spec::Runner::OptionParser.new($stderr, $stdout)
-        parser.order!([File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../spec/'])
-        ::Spec::Runner.use(parser.options)  
-        exit parser.options.run_examples
+        require 'rspec'
+        ARGV.clear
+        ARGV << File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../spec/'
+        ::RSpec::Core::Runner.autorun
+        exit(0)
       rescue LoadError => e
         puts "selftest requires rspec to be installed (gem install rspec)"
         exit(1)
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index ef51bf7..5a3b4b5 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 
 begin
-  require 'spec'
+  require 'rspec'
 rescue LoadError
   require 'rubygems' unless ENV['NO_RUBYGEMS']
   gem 'rspec'
-  require 'spec'
+  require 'rspec'
 end
 
 #
diff --git a/tasks/spec.rake b/tasks/spec.rake
deleted file mode 100644
index 3fae9ba..0000000
--- a/tasks/spec.rake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-begin
-  require 'spec/rake/spectask'
-  Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new(:spec) do |spec|
-    spec.libs << 'lib' << 'spec'
-    spec.spec_files = FileList['spec/**/*_spec.rb']
-  end
-  task :spec => :compile
-rescue LoadError => e
-  puts "unable to run specs from rake. gem install rspec"
-end