diff --git a/rails_nlp.gemspec b/rails_nlp.gemspec
index 120131a..c95e439 100644
--- a/rails_nlp.gemspec
+++ b/rails_nlp.gemspec
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 
   spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", "~> 1.6"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rake"
-  spec.add_development_dependency "rspec-rails", '~> 2.14.1'
+  spec.add_development_dependency "rspec-rails", '~> 3.0.1'
   spec.add_development_dependency "factory_girl_rails", "~> 4.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "guard", "~> 2.6"
-  spec.add_development_dependency "guard-rspec", "~> 4.2.8"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "guard-rspec", "~> 4.2.10"
   spec.add_development_dependency "flexmock", "~> 1.3.1"
   spec.add_development_dependency "shoulda-matchers", "~> 2.6.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "codeclimate-test-reporter"
diff --git a/spec/rails_nlp/keyword_spec.rb b/spec/rails_nlp/keyword_spec.rb
index 6d226fd..2736991 100644
--- a/spec/rails_nlp/keyword_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rails_nlp/keyword_spec.rb
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 module RailsNlp
   describe Keyword do
-    it { should validate_presence_of(:name)}
-    it { should validate_uniqueness_of(:name)}
-    it { should have_many(:wordcounts) }
+    it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:name)}
+    it { is_expected.to validate_uniqueness_of(:name)}
+    it { is_expected.to have_many(:wordcounts) }
 
     describe "analysis of keywords before save" do
       describe "phonetic" do
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index fa0fca7..e43bbff 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 RSpec.configure do |config|
   config.order = "random"
-  config.color_enabled = true
   config.tty = true
   config.mock_with :flexmock
   config.include FactoryGirl::Syntax::Methods