diff --git a/.rspec b/.rspec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c18f1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rspec
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+--format documentation
+--color
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 87013fe..b0351b2 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -19,14 +19,13 @@ rescue LoadError
   puts "Jeweler (or a dependency) not available. Install it with: gem install jeweler"
 end
 
-require 'spec/rake/spectask'
-Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new(:spec) do |spec|
-  spec.libs << 'lib' << 'spec'
-  spec.spec_files = FileList['spec/**/*_spec.rb']
+# Rspec
+require 'rspec/core/rake_task'
+RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec) do |spec|
+  spec.pattern = 'spec/**/*_spec.rb'
 end
 
-Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new(:rcov) do |spec|
-  spec.libs << 'lib' << 'spec'
+RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:rcov) do |spec|
   spec.pattern = 'spec/**/*_spec.rb'
   spec.rcov = true
 end
diff --git a/spec/spec.opts b/spec/spec.opts
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b2e8d9..0000000
--- a/spec/spec.opts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
---format specdoc
---color
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index daa8063..52ae35b 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__))
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'lib'))
-require 'time_ext'
-require 'spec'
-require 'spec/autorun'
 
-Spec::Runner.configure do |config|
-  
-end
+require 'time_ext'
+require 'rspec'
+require 'rspec/autorun'