diff --git a/app/models/ability.rb b/app/models/ability.rb
index d2b8a8447b5..0b6bcbde5d9 100644
--- a/app/models/ability.rb
+++ b/app/models/ability.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require 'declarative_policy'
+require_dependency 'declarative_policy'
 
 class Ability
   class << self
diff --git a/app/policies/base_policy.rb b/app/policies/base_policy.rb
index 00067ce756e..191c2e78a08 100644
--- a/app/policies/base_policy.rb
+++ b/app/policies/base_policy.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require 'declarative_policy'
+require_dependency 'declarative_policy'
 
 class BasePolicy < DeclarativePolicy::Base
   desc "User is an instance admin"
diff --git a/lib/api/projects.rb b/lib/api/projects.rb
index 886e97a2638..d0bd64b2972 100644
--- a/lib/api/projects.rb
+++ b/lib/api/projects.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require 'declarative_policy'
+require_dependency 'declarative_policy'
 
 module API
   # Projects API