diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index eeed1651ff..3d0901929f 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ group :test do
   gem 'selenium-webdriver'
   gem 'timecop', "~> 0.6.1"
 
-  gem 'rb-readline' # ruby on CI needs this
+  gem 'rb-readline', "~> 0.5.1" # ruby on CI needs this
   # why in Gemfile? see: https://github.com/guard/guard-test
   gem 'ruby-prof'
   gem 'simplecov', '0.8.0.pre'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 63158834b0..c5ba43a2de 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ GEM
       ffi (>= 0.5.0)
     rb-kqueue (0.2.2)
       ffi (>= 0.5.0)
-    rb-readline (0.5.0)
+    rb-readline (0.5.1)
     rdoc (3.12.2)
       json (~> 1.4)
     redcarpet (3.0.0)
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rails (~> 3.2.18)
   rails-dev-tweaks (~> 0.6.1)
   rails_autolink
-  rb-readline
+  rb-readline (~> 0.5.1)
   rdoc (>= 2.4.2)
   reform
   representable!