diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 4c3ff72..390d654 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -10,14 +10,18 @@ gem 'rake',                    :require => false
 gem 'puppetlabs_spec_helper',  :require => false
 gem 'puppet-lint',             :require => false
 gem 'puppet-syntax',           :require => false
-gem 'rspec-puppet',            :require => false
+gem 'rspec-puppet',
+  :git => 'https://github.com/rodjek/rspec-puppet.git',
+  :ref => '6ac97993fa972a15851a73d55fe3d1c0a85172b5',
+  :require => false
 # rspec 3 spews warnings with rspec-puppet 1.0.1
 gem 'rspec-core', '~> 2.0',    :require => false
-
-# rspec-puppet > 1 appears to breaks rspec-puppet-augeas 0.2.3
 # see https://github.com/domcleal/rspec-puppet-augeas/issues/9
 # rspec-puppet-augeas requires rspec-puppet < 1
-gem 'rspec-puppet-augeas', '0.3.0',    :require => false
+gem 'rspec-puppet-augeas',
+  :git => 'git@github.com:jhoblitt/rspec-puppet-augeas.git',
+  :ref => '6152e283a65f96188dded35be30f6e0540208594',
+  :require => false
 gem 'ruby-augeas',             :require => false
 gem 'beaker',                  :require => false
 gem 'beaker-rspec',            :require => false
diff --git a/spec/unit/classes/mdadm_spec.rb b/spec/unit/classes/mdadm_spec.rb
index 3439824..2cd34a4 100644
--- a/spec/unit/classes/mdadm_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/classes/mdadm_spec.rb
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
         let(:params) {{ :config_file_manage => 'foo' }}
 
         it 'should fail' do
-          expect { should }.to raise_error(/is not a boolean/)
+          should raise_error(/is not a boolean/)
         end
       end
     end # config_file_manage =>
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
         let(:params) {{ :config_file_options => nil }}
 
         it 'should fail' do
-          expect { should }.to raise_error(/is not a Hash/)
+          should raise_error(/is not a Hash/)
         end
       end
     end # options =>
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
         let(:params) {{ :service_force => 'foo' }}
 
         it 'should fail' do
-          expect { should }.to raise_error(/is not a boolean/)
+          should raise_error(/is not a boolean/)
         end
       end
     end # service_force
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
         let(:params) {{ :service_ensure => 'foo' }}
 
         it 'should fail' do
-          expect { should }.to raise_error(/does not match/)
+          should raise_error(/does not match/)
         end
       end
     end # service_ensure
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
         let(:params) {{ :service_enable => 'foo' }}
 
         it 'should fail' do
-          expect { should }.to raise_error(/is not a boolean/)
+          should raise_error(/is not a boolean/)
         end
       end
     end # service_enable
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
         let(:params) {{ :raid_check_manage => 'foo' }}
 
         it 'should fail' do
-          expect { should }.to raise_error(/is not a boolean/)
+          should raise_error(/is not a boolean/)
         end
       end
     end # raid_check_manage
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@
         let(:params) {{ :raid_check_options => 'some_string' }}
 
         it 'should fail' do
-          expect { should }.to raise_error(/is not a Hash/)
+          should raise_error(/is not a Hash/)
         end
       end