diff --git a/producer-core.gemspec b/producer-core.gemspec
index 989666e..a5f40ad 100644
--- a/producer-core.gemspec
+++ b/producer-core.gemspec
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency 'net-ssh',   '~> 2.7'
   s.add_dependency 'net-sftp',  '~> 2.1'
 
-  s.add_development_dependency 'rspec',         '~> 2.14'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rspec',         '~> 3.1'
   s.add_development_dependency 'cucumber',      '~> 1.3'
   s.add_development_dependency 'aruba',         '~> 0.5'
   s.add_development_dependency 'cucumber-sshd', '~> 0.1'
diff --git a/spec/producer/core/remote_spec.rb b/spec/producer/core/remote_spec.rb
index 393c8a6..674c833 100644
--- a/spec/producer/core/remote_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/producer/core/remote_spec.rb
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ module Producer::Core
       let(:sftp_session) { double 'sftp session' }
 
       it 'returns an FS instance built with a new sftp session' do
-        remote.stub_chain(:session, :sftp, :connect) { sftp_session }
+        allow(remote)
+          .to receive_message_chain(:session, :sftp, :connect) { sftp_session }
         expect(remote.fs.sftp).to be sftp_session
       end
     end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 9302f15..1e44a7a 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ Dir['spec/support/**/*.rb'].map { |e| require e.gsub 'spec/', '' }
 
 
 RSpec.configure do |c|
-  c.treat_symbols_as_metadata_keys_with_true_values = true
-
   c.include TestEnvHelpers, :env
 
   c.include NetSSHStoryHelpers, :ssh