diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8bb524
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+gem 'rake', '~> 12.2'
+gem 'rspec', '~> 3.2'
+gem 'hoe', '~> 3.17'
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index e469154..01e0798 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require 'config/requirements'
-require 'config/hoe' # setup Hoe + all gem configuration
+require_relative 'config/requirements'
+require_relative 'config/hoe' # setup Hoe + all gem configuration
 
-Dir['tasks/**/*.rake'].each { |rake| load rake }
\ No newline at end of file
+Dir['tasks/**/*.rake'].each { |rake| load rake }
diff --git a/config/hoe.rb b/config/hoe.rb
index a3e012d..8f455af 100644
--- a/config/hoe.rb
+++ b/config/hoe.rb
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ end
 
 # Generate all the Rake tasks
 # Run 'rake -T' to see list of generated tasks (from gem root directory)
-$hoe = Hoe.new(GEM_NAME, VERS) do |p|
+$hoe = Hoe.spec(GEM_NAME) do |p|
+  p.version = VERS
   p.developer(AUTHOR, EMAIL)
   p.description = DESCRIPTION
   p.summary = DESCRIPTION
-  p.url = HOMEPATH
-  p.rubyforge_name = RUBYFORGE_PROJECT if RUBYFORGE_PROJECT
+  p.urls = { 'home' => HOMEPATH }
   p.test_globs = ["test/**/test_*.rb"]
   p.clean_globs |= ['**/.*.sw?', '*.gem', '.config', '**/.DS_Store']  #An array of file patterns to delete on clean.
 
@@ -70,4 +70,4 @@ CHANGES = $hoe.paragraphs_of('History.txt', 0..1).join("\\n\\n")
 PATH    = (RUBYFORGE_PROJECT == GEM_NAME) ? RUBYFORGE_PROJECT : "#{RUBYFORGE_PROJECT}/#{GEM_NAME}"
 $hoe.remote_rdoc_dir = File.join(PATH.gsub(/^#{RUBYFORGE_PROJECT}\/?/,''), 'rdoc')
 $hoe.rsync_args = '-av --delete --ignore-errors'
-$hoe.spec.post_install_message = File.open(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../PostInstall.txt").read rescue ""
\ No newline at end of file
+$hoe.spec.post_install_message = File.open(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../PostInstall.txt").read rescue ""
diff --git a/config/requirements.rb b/config/requirements.rb
index 9292b69..2b37f78 100644
--- a/config/requirements.rb
+++ b/config/requirements.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require 'fileutils'
 include FileUtils
 
 require 'rubygems'
-%w[rake hoe newgem rubigen].each do |req_gem|
+%w[rake hoe].each do |req_gem|
   begin
     require req_gem
   rescue LoadError
diff --git a/tasks/rspec.rake b/tasks/rspec.rake
index 2415fa4..0fedd0a 100644
--- a/tasks/rspec.rake
+++ b/tasks/rspec.rake
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 begin
-  require 'spec'
+  require 'rspec'
 rescue LoadError
   require 'rubygems'
-  require 'spec'
+  require 'rspec'
 end
 begin
-  require 'spec/rake/spectask'
+  require 'rspec/core/rake_task'
 rescue LoadError
   puts <<-EOS
 To use rspec for testing you must install rspec gem:
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ EOS
 end
 
 desc "Run the specs under spec/models"
-Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new do |t|
+RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec) do |t|
   t.spec_opts = ['--options', "spec/spec.opts"]
   t.spec_files = FileList['spec/**/*_spec.rb']
 end