diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index c4ab09be22..0c1f466db6 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ group :test, :integration do
 end
 
 group :test do
-  gem 'chefspec', '~> 4.0'
+  gem 'chefspec', '~> 4.0', '< 4.1'
   # elecksee is lxc dependency
   gem 'elecksee', '~> 1.0.20'
   gem 'foodcritic', '~> 3.0.3'
diff --git a/spec/aufs_spec.rb b/spec/aufs_spec.rb
index 844e42341a..5eb1ecf590 100644
--- a/spec/aufs_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/aufs_spec.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     apt_cache = double('apt-cache')
     uname = double
 
-    Mixlib::ShellOut.stub(:new).and_return(shellout)
+    allow(Mixlib::ShellOut).to receive(:new).and_return(shellout)
     allow(shellout).to receive(:run_command).and_return(apt_cache)
     allow(apt_cache).to receive(:stdout).and_return('linux-image-extra-3.')
     allow(shellout).to receive(:run_command).and_return(uname)
diff --git a/spec/default_spec.rb b/spec/default_spec.rb
index 2684d8da85..b75538b76c 100644
--- a/spec/default_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/default_spec.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     apt_cache = double('apt-cache')
     uname = double
 
-    Mixlib::ShellOut.stub(:new).and_return(shellout)
+    allow(Mixlib::ShellOut).to receive(:new).and_return(shellout)
     allow(shellout).to receive(:run_command).and_return(apt_cache)
     allow(apt_cache).to receive(:stdout).and_return('linux-image-extra-3.')
     allow(shellout).to receive(:run_command).and_return(uname)
diff --git a/spec/dep_check_spec.rb b/spec/dep_check_spec.rb
index 3a75621e63..ece177db27 100644
--- a/spec/dep_check_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/dep_check_spec.rb
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
     end
 
     before do
-      Chef::Recipe.any_instance.stub(:binary_installed?).with('VboxManage').and_return(false)
-      Chef::Recipe.any_instance.stub(:binary_installed?).with('boot2docker').and_return(false)
+      allow_any_instance_of(Chef::Recipe).to receive(:binary_installed?).with('VboxManage').and_return(false)
+      allow_any_instance_of(Chef::Recipe).to receive(:binary_installed?).with('boot2docker').and_return(false)
     end
 
     it 'should fail if it can\'t find VirtualBox or if VirtualBox is not in the run_list' do