diff --git a/azure-core.gemspec b/azure-core.gemspec
index 60d4c53..caaa822 100755
--- a/azure-core.gemspec
+++ b/azure-core.gemspec
@@ -29,16 +29,15 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.required_ruby_version = '>= 1.9.3'
 
-  s.add_runtime_dependency('faraday',                 '~> 0.9')
-  s.add_runtime_dependency('faraday_middleware',      '~> 0.10')
+  s.add_runtime_dependency('faraday',                 '~> 1.0')
+  s.add_runtime_dependency('faraday_middleware',      '~> 1.1')
   s.add_runtime_dependency('nokogiri',                '~> 1.6')
 
   s.add_development_dependency('dotenv',              '~> 2.0')
   s.add_development_dependency('minitest',            '~> 5')
   s.add_development_dependency('minitest-reporters',  '~> 1')
   s.add_development_dependency('mocha',               '~> 1.0')
-  s.add_development_dependency('rake',                '~> 10.0')
+  s.add_development_dependency('rake')
   s.add_development_dependency('timecop',             '~> 0.7')
-  s.add_development_dependency('bundler',             '~> 1.11')
-
+  s.add_development_dependency('bundler')
 end
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index 3c483df..aa7f2e1 100755
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 Dotenv.load
 
 require 'minitest/autorun'
-require 'mocha/mini_test'
+require 'mocha/minitest'
 require 'minitest/reporters'
 # Minitest::Reporters.use! Minitest::Reporters::SpecReporter.new
 require 'timecop'