diff --git a/test/helper.rb b/test/helper.rb
index b499f52..22a23d0 100644
--- a/test/helper.rb
+++ b/test/helper.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   exit e.status_code
 end
 require 'test/unit'
-require 'shoulda'
+require 'shoulda/context'
 require 'webmock/test_unit'
 require 'vcr'
 
diff --git a/webrobots.gemspec b/webrobots.gemspec
index 65eb9a2..7a3f617 100644
--- a/webrobots.gemspec
+++ b/webrobots.gemspec
@@ -30,17 +30,9 @@ This library helps write robots.txt compliant web robots in Ruby.
   s.add_development_dependency("rake", [">= 0.9.2.2"])
   s.add_development_dependency("racc", [">= 0"]) unless RUBY_PLATFORM == "java"
   s.add_development_dependency("test-unit")
-  s.add_development_dependency("shoulda", [RUBY_VERSION < "1.9" ? "< 3.5.0" : ">= 0"])
+  s.add_development_dependency("shoulda-context")
   s.add_development_dependency("webmock")
-  if RUBY_VERSION < "1.9"
-    s.add_development_dependency('i18n', '< 0.7.0')
-    # Cap dependency on activesupport with < 4.0 on behalf of
-    # shoulda-matchers to satisfy bundler.
-    s.add_development_dependency("activesupport", ["< 4.0"])
-    s.add_development_dependency("vcr", '< 3')
-  else
-    s.add_development_dependency("vcr")
-  end
+  s.add_development_dependency("vcr")
   s.add_development_dependency("rdoc", ["> 2.4.2"])
   s.add_development_dependency("bundler", ["~> 1.2", ">= 1.2"])
   s.add_development_dependency("nokogiri", ">= 1.4.7", [RUBY_VERSION < "1.9" ? "< 1.6.0" : "~> 1.4"])