diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2678b97..b2df141 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ pkg
 .idea
 .*.swp
 sprinkle.gemspec
+coverage/*
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index a37a5a2..198bcfd 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ begin
     gem.rubyforge_project = 'sprinkle'
     gem.homepage = "http://github.com/crafterm/sprinkle"
     gem.authors = ["Marcus Crafter"]
-    gem.add_development_dependency("rspec", "~> 1.3")
+    gem.add_development_dependency("rspec", ">= 2.5")
     gem.add_dependency('activesupport', '>= 2.0.2')
     gem.add_dependency('highline', '>= 1.4.0')
     gem.add_dependency('capistrano', '>= 2.5.5')
@@ -27,16 +27,11 @@ task "inst"=>[:clobber, :build] do
   puts `gem install pkg/sprinkle-*.gem`
 end
 
-require 'spec/rake/spectask'
-Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new(:spec) do |spec|
-  spec.libs << 'lib' << 'spec'
-  spec.spec_files = FileList['spec/**/*_spec.rb']
-end
-
-Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new(:rcov) do |spec|
-  spec.libs << 'lib' << 'spec'
+require 'rspec/core/rake_task'
+RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec) do |spec|
   spec.pattern = 'spec/**/*_spec.rb'
-  spec.rcov = true
+  spec.rspec_opts = ['--backtrace']
+  # spec.rcov = true
 end
 
 task :spec => :check_dependencies
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index aec194e..455eec4 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
-begin
-  require 'spec'
-rescue LoadError
-  require 'rubygems'
-  gem 'rspec'
-  require 'spec'
-end
-
 $:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib')
 require 'sprinkle'