diff --git a/rails-i18n.gemspec b/rails-i18n.gemspec
index 501e7b51f..07ffc274c 100644
--- a/rails-i18n.gemspec
+++ b/rails-i18n.gemspec
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency "rails", ">= 3.0.0"
   s.add_development_dependency "rspec-rails", ">= 2.7.0"
   s.add_development_dependency "i18n-spec", ">= 0.2.2"
-  s.add_development_dependency "spork", "~> 1.0rc"
+  s.add_development_dependency "spork", "= 1.0.0rc2"
 end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index e95f083e0..0817bd625 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 require 'rails_i18n/unicode'
 require 'i18n/core_ext/hash'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/kernel/reporting'
+require 'socket'
 require 'support/fake_app'
 
 RSpec.configure do |config|