diff --git a/spec/ghe_spec.rb b/spec/ghe_spec.rb
index 807b30a..5d88a2f 100644
--- a/spec/ghe_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ghe_spec.rb
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 
       it "uses them" do
         $stdin = StringIO.new "#{MOCK_USER}_wrong\n#{MOCK_PASSWORD}_wrong\n"
-        Gist.login! username: MOCK_USER, password: MOCK_PASSWORD
+        Gist.login! :username => MOCK_USER, :password => MOCK_PASSWORD
 
         assert_requested(:post, /#{MOCK_AUTHZ_GITHUB_URL}authorizations/)
       end
diff --git a/spec/gist_spec.rb b/spec/gist_spec.rb
index fbd5242..7c4472a 100644
--- a/spec/gist_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/gist_spec.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   describe "should_be_public?" do
     it "should return false if -p is specified" do
-      Gist.should_be_public?(private: true).should be_falsy
+      Gist.should_be_public?(:private => true).should be_falsy
     end
 
     it "should return false if legacy_private_gister?" do
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
     it "should return true if --no-private is specified" do
       Gist.stub(:legacy_private_gister?).and_return(true)
-      Gist.should_be_public?(private: false).should be_truthy
+      Gist.should_be_public?(:private => false).should be_truthy
     end
 
     it "should return true by default" do
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 7d28977..504a277 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 end
 
 require 'webmock/rspec'
-require_relative '../lib/gist'
+require 'gist'