diff --git a/lib/serverspec/version.rb b/lib/serverspec/version.rb
index c3668f7a..542ad46c 100644
--- a/lib/serverspec/version.rb
+++ b/lib/serverspec/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Serverspec
-  VERSION = "2.8.2"
+  VERSION = "2.9.0"
 end
diff --git a/serverspec.gemspec b/serverspec.gemspec
index 626b5c66..d9481f6a 100644
--- a/serverspec.gemspec
+++ b/serverspec.gemspec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "rspec", "~> 3.0"
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "rspec-its"
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "multi_json"
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency "specinfra", "~> 2.12"
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency "specinfra", "~> 2.15"
   spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", "~> 1.3"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rake", "~> 10.1.1"
 end