diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 07c3d7b..06c94eb 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ gem "thor", ">= 0.14.0"
 # Include everything needed to run rake, tests, features, etc.
 group :development do
   gem "rake", ">= 0.8.7"
-  gem "rspec", "~> 3.1.0"
+  gem "rspec", "~> 3.5.0"
   gem "guard"
   gem "guard-rspec"
   gem "rb-readline", "~> 0.5.0"
diff --git a/homesick.gemspec b/homesick.gemspec
index dedc2ec..a454401 100644
--- a/homesick.gemspec
+++ b/homesick.gemspec
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     if Gem::Version.new(Gem::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
       s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<thor>, [">= 0.14.0"])
       s.add_development_dependency(%q<rake>, [">= 0.8.7"])
-      s.add_development_dependency(%q<rspec>, ["~> 3.1.0"])
+      s.add_development_dependency(%q<rspec>, ["~> 3.5.0"])
       s.add_development_dependency(%q<guard>, [">= 0"])
       s.add_development_dependency(%q<guard-rspec>, [">= 0"])
       s.add_development_dependency(%q<rb-readline>, ["~> 0.5.0"])
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     else
       s.add_dependency(%q<thor>, [">= 0.14.0"])
       s.add_dependency(%q<rake>, [">= 0.8.7"])
-      s.add_dependency(%q<rspec>, ["~> 3.1.0"])
+      s.add_dependency(%q<rspec>, ["~> 3.5.0"])
       s.add_dependency(%q<guard>, [">= 0"])
       s.add_dependency(%q<guard-rspec>, [">= 0"])
       s.add_dependency(%q<rb-readline>, ["~> 0.5.0"])
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   else
     s.add_dependency(%q<thor>, [">= 0.14.0"])
     s.add_dependency(%q<rake>, [">= 0.8.7"])
-    s.add_dependency(%q<rspec>, ["~> 3.1.0"])
+    s.add_dependency(%q<rspec>, ["~> 3.5.0"])
     s.add_dependency(%q<guard>, [">= 0"])
     s.add_dependency(%q<guard-rspec>, [">= 0"])
     s.add_dependency(%q<rb-readline>, ["~> 0.5.0"])
@@ -90,4 +90,3 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     s.add_dependency(%q<rubocop>, [">= 0"])
   end
 end
-
diff --git a/spec/homesick_cli_spec.rb b/spec/homesick_cli_spec.rb
index 096c671..80c12a2 100644
--- a/spec/homesick_cli_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/homesick_cli_spec.rb
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ describe Homesick::CLI do
 
     it 'throws an exception when trying to clone a malformed uri like malformed' do
       expect(homesick).not_to receive(:git_clone)
-      expect { homesick.clone 'malformed' }.to raise_error
+      expect { homesick.clone 'malformed' }.to raise_error(RuntimeError)
     end
 
     it 'clones a github repo' do