diff --git a/ruby-gem/CHANGES.txt b/ruby-gem/CHANGES.txt
index 262d253e7..0b51e842d 100644
--- a/ruby-gem/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/ruby-gem/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+0.2.9:
+      Moving to the new http screenshot method.
+      screenshottaker.jar and the use of ddmlib will be phased out.
+
 0.2.8:
       Added /screenshot to test server.
       Calabash will now kill the test server at exit.
diff --git a/ruby-gem/lib/calabash-android/operations.rb b/ruby-gem/lib/calabash-android/operations.rb
index 764664f1a..8acec1c39 100644
--- a/ruby-gem/lib/calabash-android/operations.rb
+++ b/ruby-gem/lib/calabash-android/operations.rb
@@ -195,8 +195,10 @@ def take_screenshot
       begin
         Timeout.timeout(30) do
           file_name = "#{path}/#{filename_prefix}_#{StepCounter.step_line}.png"
-          log "Taking screenshoot to #{file_name} from device: #{@serial}"
-          system("java -jar #{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/lib/screenShotTaker.jar #{file_name} #{device_args}")
+          image = http("/screenshot")
+          open(file_name ,"wb") { |file|
+            file.write(image)
+          }
           log "Screenshot stored in: #{file_name}"
         end
       rescue Timeout::Error
diff --git a/ruby-gem/lib/calabash-android/version.rb b/ruby-gem/lib/calabash-android/version.rb
index f494137bf..e8869ef7d 100644
--- a/ruby-gem/lib/calabash-android/version.rb
+++ b/ruby-gem/lib/calabash-android/version.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module Calabash
   module Android
-    VERSION = "0.2.8"
-    FRAMEWORK_VERSION = "0.2.8"
+    VERSION = "0.2.9"
+    FRAMEWORK_VERSION = "0.2.9"
   end
 end