diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index ec8c0dc8..ceefb3d1 100755
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ EMAIL  = "dan.kubb@gmail.com"
 GEM_NAME = "dm-core"
 GEM_VERSION = DataMapper::VERSION
 GEM_DEPENDENCIES = ["data_objects", "~>0.9.10"],
-                   ["extlib", "~>0.9.9"],
+                   ["extlib", "~>0.9.10"],
                    ["addressable", "~>2.0.1"]
 
 PROJECT_NAME = "datamapper"
diff --git a/dm-core.gemspec b/dm-core.gemspec
index a8ddc912..eb4e0ae7 100644
--- a/dm-core.gemspec
+++ b/dm-core.gemspec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["Dan Kubb"]
-  s.date = %q{2009-01-09}
+  s.date = %q{2009-01-18}
   s.description = %q{Faster, Better, Simpler.}
   s.email = ["dan.kubb@gmail.com"]
   s.extra_rdoc_files = ["History.txt", "Manifest.txt", "README.txt"]
@@ -25,16 +25,16 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
     if Gem::Version.new(Gem::RubyGemsVersion) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
       s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<data_objects>, ["~> 0.9.10"])
-      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<extlib>, ["~> 0.9.9"])
+      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<extlib>, ["~> 0.9.10"])
       s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<addressable>, ["~> 2.0.1"])
     else
       s.add_dependency(%q<data_objects>, ["~> 0.9.10"])
-      s.add_dependency(%q<extlib>, ["~> 0.9.9"])
+      s.add_dependency(%q<extlib>, ["~> 0.9.10"])
       s.add_dependency(%q<addressable>, ["~> 2.0.1"])
     end
   else
     s.add_dependency(%q<data_objects>, ["~> 0.9.10"])
-    s.add_dependency(%q<extlib>, ["~> 0.9.9"])
+    s.add_dependency(%q<extlib>, ["~> 0.9.10"])
     s.add_dependency(%q<addressable>, ["~> 2.0.1"])
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/dm-core.rb b/lib/dm-core.rb
index 0ec4e359..6aa47400 100644
--- a/lib/dm-core.rb
+++ b/lib/dm-core.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 gem 'addressable', '~>2.0.1'
 require 'addressable/uri'
 
-gem 'extlib', '~>0.9.9'
+gem 'extlib', '~>0.9.10'
 require 'extlib'
 require 'extlib/inflection'