diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 481ecaa..dc2a4ef 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ begin
     gem.authors = ["Nick Gauthier"]
     gem.add_development_dependency "shoulda", "= 2.10.3"
     gem.add_development_dependency "rspec", "= 2.0.0.beta.19"
-    gem.add_development_dependency "cucumber", "= 0.8.5"
+    gem.add_development_dependency "cucumber", "= 0.9.2"
     gem.add_development_dependency "therubyracer", "= 0.7.4"
   end
   Jeweler::GemcutterTasks.new
diff --git a/hydra.gemspec b/hydra.gemspec
index 9732524..7c26561 100644
--- a/hydra.gemspec
+++ b/hydra.gemspec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["Nick Gauthier"]
-  s.date = %q{2010-09-07}
+  s.date = %q{2010-10-22}
   s.default_executable = %q{warmsnake.rb}
   s.description = %q{Spread your tests over multiple machines to test your code faster.}
   s.email = %q{nick@smartlogicsolutions.com}
@@ -114,18 +114,18 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     if Gem::Version.new(Gem::RubyGemsVersion) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
       s.add_development_dependency(%q<shoulda>, ["= 2.10.3"])
       s.add_development_dependency(%q<rspec>, ["= 2.0.0.beta.19"])
-      s.add_development_dependency(%q<cucumber>, ["= 0.8.5"])
+      s.add_development_dependency(%q<cucumber>, ["= 0.9.2"])
       s.add_development_dependency(%q<therubyracer>, ["= 0.7.4"])
     else
       s.add_dependency(%q<shoulda>, ["= 2.10.3"])
       s.add_dependency(%q<rspec>, ["= 2.0.0.beta.19"])
-      s.add_dependency(%q<cucumber>, ["= 0.8.5"])
+      s.add_dependency(%q<cucumber>, ["= 0.9.2"])
       s.add_dependency(%q<therubyracer>, ["= 0.7.4"])
     end
   else
     s.add_dependency(%q<shoulda>, ["= 2.10.3"])
     s.add_dependency(%q<rspec>, ["= 2.0.0.beta.19"])
-    s.add_dependency(%q<cucumber>, ["= 0.8.5"])
+    s.add_dependency(%q<cucumber>, ["= 0.9.2"])
     s.add_dependency(%q<therubyracer>, ["= 0.7.4"])
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/runner_test.rb b/test/runner_test.rb
index a23bcdd..7f25acb 100644
--- a/test/runner_test.rb
+++ b/test/runner_test.rb
@@ -80,9 +80,6 @@ class RunnerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       # we run this in a fork to not contaminate
       # the main test environment
       pid = Process.fork do
-        # need to get into the fixtures directory so cucumber doesn't load up the whole project
-        Dir.chdir(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'fixtures'))
-
         runner = Hydra::Runner.new(:io => File.new('/dev/null', 'w'))
         runner.run_file(cucumber_feature_file)
         assert File.exists?(target_file)