diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index d8f10ba6..e435e5e4 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ source 'http://rubygems.org'
 
 group :development, :test do
   gem 'jeweler'
-  gem 'rails', '3.1.0.rc5'
+  gem 'rails', '>= 3.1.0'
   gem 'rspec'
   gem 'rspec-rails'
   gem 'webrat'
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index ea221517..3235aea7 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ begin
     gem.files.exclude 'spec'
     gem.files.exclude 'vendor'
 
+    gem.add_development_dependency('rails', '>=3.1.0')
     gem.add_development_dependency('jeweler', '>=1.5.1')
     gem.add_development_dependency('rspec', '>=2.6.0')
     gem.add_development_dependency('rspec-rails', '>=2.6.0')
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@ begin
     gem.add_development_dependency('sqlite3-ruby', '>=1.3.2')
     gem.add_development_dependency('hpricot', '>=0.8.3')
     gem.add_development_dependency('git', '>=1.2.5')
-    gem.add_development_dependency('rails', '>=3.1.0.rc5')
   end
 rescue LoadError
   puts "Jeweler (or a dependency) not available. Install it with: gem install jeweler"