diff --git a/.rspec b/.rspec
index 00b1a6b2..83e16f80 100644
--- a/.rspec
+++ b/.rspec
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 --color
---require helper
+--require spec_helper
diff --git a/spec/code_spec.rb b/spec/code_spec.rb
index f7117a4b..a480e598 100644
--- a/spec/code_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/code_spec.rb
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ describe Pry::Code do
       end
 
       it 'finds files in a relative directory with `.rb` extension' do
-        expect(Pry::Code.from_file('../helper.rb').code_type).to eq :ruby
+        expect(Pry::Code.from_file('../spec_helper.rb').code_type).to eq :ruby
       end
 
       it 'finds files in a relative directory with `.rb` omitted' do
-        expect(Pry::Code.from_file('../helper').code_type).to eq :ruby
+        expect(Pry::Code.from_file('../spec_helper').code_type).to eq :ruby
       end
 
       it "doesn't confuse files with the same name, but without an extension" do
diff --git a/spec/ring_spec.rb b/spec/ring_spec.rb
index 437b4696..2f023461 100644
--- a/spec/ring_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ring_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require_relative 'helper'
-
 describe Pry::Ring do
   let(:ring) { described_class.new(3) }
 
diff --git a/spec/helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
similarity index 100%
rename from spec/helper.rb
rename to spec/spec_helper.rb