diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 1d5d0ad..ad8cf44 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -2,21 +2,21 @@ PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
     geckoboard-push (0.1.0)
-      httparty (~> 0.8.1)
+      httparty (~> 0.9.0)
 
 GEM
   remote: http://rubygems.org/
   specs:
     fakeweb (1.3.0)
-    httparty (0.8.1)
-      multi_json
+    httparty (0.9.0)
+      multi_json (~> 1.0)
       multi_xml
     json (1.7.3)
     metaclass (0.0.1)
     mocha (0.10.0)
       metaclass (~> 0.0.1)
-    multi_json (1.0.4)
-    multi_xml (0.4.1)
+    multi_json (1.6.0)
+    multi_xml (0.5.3)
     rake (0.9.2.2)
     rdoc (3.12)
       json (~> 1.4)
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ PLATFORMS
 DEPENDENCIES
   fakeweb (~> 1.3.0)
   geckoboard-push!
-  httparty (~> 0.8.1)
   mocha (~> 0.10.0)
   rake
   rdoc
diff --git a/geckoboard-push.gemspec b/geckoboard-push.gemspec
index 5d4efc9..e51baf7 100644
--- a/geckoboard-push.gemspec
+++ b/geckoboard-push.gemspec
@@ -21,16 +21,16 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     s.specification_version = 3
 
     if Gem::Version.new(Gem::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
-      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<httparty>, ["~> 0.8.1"])
+      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<httparty>, ["~> 0.9.0"])
       s.add_development_dependency(%q<fakeweb>, ["~> 1.3.0"])
       s.add_development_dependency(%q<mocha>, ["~> 0.10.0"])
     else
-      s.add_dependency(%q<httparty>, ["~> 0.8.1"])
+      s.add_dependency(%q<httparty>, ["~> 0.9.0"])
       s.add_dependency(%q<fakeweb>, ["~> 1.3.0"])
       s.add_dependency(%q<mocha>, ["~> 0.10.0"])
     end
   else
-    s.add_dependency(%q<httparty>, ["~> 0.8.1"])
+    s.add_dependency(%q<httparty>, ["~> 0.9.0"])
     s.add_dependency(%q<fakeweb>, ["~> 1.3.0"])
     s.add_dependency(%q<mocha>, ["~> 0.10.0"])
   end