diff --git a/features/appraisals.feature b/features/appraisals.feature
index 2bd094c4..e59b2d9b 100644
--- a/features/appraisals.feature
+++ b/features/appraisals.feature
@@ -3,12 +3,16 @@ Feature: run a rake task through several appraisals
 
   Background:
     Given a directory named "projecto"
+    And the following installed dummy gems:
+      | name       | version |
+      | dummy_girl | 1.3.0   |
+      | dummy_girl | 1.3.2   |
     When I cd to "projecto"
     And I write to "Gemfile" with:
     """
     source "http://rubygems.org"
-    gem "rake", "0.8.7"
-    gem "factory_girl"
+    gem "rake"
+    gem "dummy_girl"
     group :assets do
       gem 'sass-rails', "  ~> 3.1.0"
     end
@@ -17,10 +21,10 @@ Feature: run a rake task through several appraisals
     And I write to "Appraisals" with:
     """
     appraise "1.3.2" do
-      gem "factory_girl", "1.3.2"
+      gem "dummy_girl", "1.3.2"
     end
     appraise "1.3.0" do
-      gem "factory_girl", "1.3.0"
+      gem "dummy_girl", "1.3.0"
       gem "rake", "0.9.0"
     end
     """
@@ -30,17 +34,18 @@ Feature: run a rake task through several appraisals
     require 'bundler/setup'
     require 'appraisal'
     task :version do
-      require 'factory_girl'
-      puts "Loaded #{Factory::VERSION}"
+      require 'dummy_girl'
+      puts "Loaded #{$dummy_girl_version}"
     end
     task :fail do
-      require 'factory_girl'
-      puts "Fail #{Factory::VERSION}"
+      require 'dummy_girl'
+      puts "Fail #{$dummy_girl_version}"
       raise
     end
     task :default => :version
     """
-    When I successfully run `bundle exec rake appraisal:install --trace`
+    When I successfully run `bundle install --local`
+    And I successfully run `bundle exec rake appraisal:install --trace`
 
   Scenario: run a specific task with one appraisal
     When I successfully run `bundle exec rake appraisal:1.3.0 version --trace`
diff --git a/features/gemspec.feature b/features/gemspec.feature
index 0206da70..71ca0c53 100644
--- a/features/gemspec.feature
+++ b/features/gemspec.feature
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ Feature: appraisals using an existing gemspec
 
   Background:
     Given a directory named "gemspecced"
+    And the following installed dummy gems:
+      | name       | version |
+      | dummy_girl | 1.3.0   |
+      | dummy_girl | 1.3.2   |
     When I cd to "gemspecced"
     And I write to "gemspecced.gemspec" with:
     """
@@ -11,8 +15,7 @@ Feature: appraisals using an existing gemspec
         s.version     = '0.1'
         s.summary     = %q{featureful!}
 
-        s.add_runtime_dependency('mocha')
-        s.add_development_dependency('factory_girl', '1.3.2')
+        s.add_development_dependency('dummy_girl', '1.3.2')
     end
     """
     And a directory named "specdir"
@@ -23,8 +26,7 @@ Feature: appraisals using an existing gemspec
         s.version     = '0.1'
         s.summary     = %q{featureful!}
 
-        s.add_runtime_dependency('mocha')
-        s.add_development_dependency('factory_girl', '1.3.0')
+        s.add_development_dependency('dummy_girl', '1.3.0')
     end
     """
     And I write to "Appraisals" with:
@@ -39,8 +41,8 @@ Feature: appraisals using an existing gemspec
     require 'bundler/setup'
     require 'appraisal'
     task :version do
-      require 'factory_girl'
-      puts "Loaded #{Factory::VERSION}"
+      require 'dummy_girl'
+      puts "Loaded #{$dummy_girl_version}"
     end
     """
 
@@ -51,8 +53,9 @@ Feature: appraisals using an existing gemspec
     gemspec
     """
     When I add "appraisal" from this project as a dependency
-    When I successfully run `bundle exec rake appraisal:install --trace`
-    When I run `bundle exec rake appraisal version --trace`
+    And I successfully run `bundle install --local`
+    And I successfully run `bundle exec rake appraisal:install --trace`
+    And I run `bundle exec rake appraisal version --trace`
     Then the output should contain "Loaded 1.3.2"