diff --git a/lib/serverspec/version.rb b/lib/serverspec/version.rb
index 35d5bb7b..a8bda69b 100644
--- a/lib/serverspec/version.rb
+++ b/lib/serverspec/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Serverspec
-  VERSION = "1.3.0"
+  VERSION = "1.4.0"
 end
diff --git a/serverspec.gemspec b/serverspec.gemspec
index 0ae3a12a..01f373f8 100644
--- a/serverspec.gemspec
+++ b/serverspec.gemspec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "net-ssh"
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "rspec", "~> 2.13"
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "highline"
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency "specinfra", ">= 1.2.0"
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency "specinfra", ">= 1.5.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", "~> 1.3"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rake", "~> 10.1.1"
   spec.add_development_dependency "octokit", "~> 2.7.2"