diff --git a/railties/railties.gemspec b/railties/railties.gemspec
index d76b74190b733..adb2a7610b11d 100644
--- a/railties/railties.gemspec
+++ b/railties/railties.gemspec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.rdoc_options << '--exclude' << '.'
   s.has_rdoc = false
 
-  s.add_dependency('rake',          '>= 0.8.3')
+  s.add_dependency('rake',          '>= 0.8.4')
   s.add_dependency('thor',          '~> 0.14.0')
   s.add_dependency('activesupport', version)
   s.add_dependency('actionpack',    version)