diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index c99c1c439..a135c651b 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ source "http://rubygems.org"
 gem "activeresource", "~> 3.0.0"
 gem "amqp",          "0.6.7", :require => 'mq'
 gem "httparty",      "0.7.4"
-gem 'yajl-ruby',     '1.1.0', :require => 'yajl/json_gem'
+gem 'yajl-ruby',     '0.8.3', :require => 'yajl/json_gem'
 gem "mash",          "~> 0.1.1"
 gem "mime-types",    "~> 1.15", :require => 'mime/types'
 gem "oauth",         "0.4.4"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index bde05dfa3..7fac1f642 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ GEM
     xmpp4r (0.5)
     xmpp4r-simple (0.8.8)
       xmpp4r (>= 0.3.2)
-    yajl-ruby (1.1.0)
+    yajl-ruby (0.8.3)
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
@@ -102,4 +102,4 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   twilio-ruby (= 3.4.2)
   xml-simple (= 1.0.11)
   xmpp4r-simple (= 0.8.8)
-  yajl-ruby (= 1.1.0)
+  yajl-ruby (= 0.8.3)
diff --git a/vendor/cache/yajl-ruby-0.8.3.gem b/vendor/cache/yajl-ruby-0.8.3.gem
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diff --git a/vendor/cache/yajl-ruby-1.1.0.gem b/vendor/cache/yajl-ruby-1.1.0.gem
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