diff --git a/websocket-gateway/Gemfile b/websocket-gateway/Gemfile
index 912e4475f..7f62f3149 100644
--- a/websocket-gateway/Gemfile
+++ b/websocket-gateway/Gemfile
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ group :test do
     gem 'simplecov', '~> 0.7.1'
     gem 'simplecov-rcov'
     gem 'cucumber'
-    gem 'rspec'
+    gem 'rspec', '2.14.1' # can go to 3.0, but requires changes to tests due to should removal, be_truthy, and other changes
     gem 'factory_girl'
     #gem 'spork', '0.9.0'
     gem 'database_cleaner', '0.7.0'