diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 1386270..99ab763 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ gemspec
 require 'rbconfig'
 
 if Config::CONFIG['target_os'] =~ /darwin/i
-  gem 'rb-fsevent', '>= 0.3.9', :require => false
+  gem 'rb-fsevent', '>= 0.4.0', :require => false
   gem 'growl',      '~> 1.0.3', :require => false
 end
 if Config::CONFIG['target_os'] =~ /linux/i
-  gem 'rb-inotify', '>= 0.5.1', :require => false
+  gem 'rb-inotify', '>= 0.8.5', :require => false
   gem 'libnotify',  '~> 0.1.3', :require => false
 end
 if Config::CONFIG['target_os'] =~ /mswin|mingw/i
diff --git a/lib/guard/listeners/darwin.rb b/lib/guard/listeners/darwin.rb
index 17bf48e..fb12377 100644
--- a/lib/guard/listeners/darwin.rb
+++ b/lib/guard/listeners/darwin.rb
@@ -23,19 +23,17 @@ module Guard
 
     def self.usable?
       require 'rb-fsevent'
-      if !defined?(FSEvent::VERSION) || Gem::Version.new(FSEvent::VERSION) < Gem::Version.new('0.3.9')
-        UI.info "Please update rb-fsevent (>= 0.3.9)"
-        false
-      else
-        true
+      if !defined?(FSEvent::VERSION) || Gem::Version.new(FSEvent::VERSION) < Gem::Version.new('0.4.0')
+        UI.info "Please update rb-fsevent (>= 0.4.0)"
       end
+      true
     rescue LoadError
       UI.info "Please install rb-fsevent gem for Mac OSX FSEvents support"
       false
     end
 
   private
-  
+
     def watch(directory)
       worker.watch directory do |modified_dirs|
         files = modified_files(modified_dirs)
diff --git a/lib/guard/listeners/linux.rb b/lib/guard/listeners/linux.rb
index 041ae31..36cdc38 100644
--- a/lib/guard/listeners/linux.rb
+++ b/lib/guard/listeners/linux.rb
@@ -24,12 +24,10 @@ module Guard
 
     def self.usable?
       require 'rb-inotify'
-      if !defined?(INotify::VERSION) || Gem::Version.new(INotify::VERSION.join('.')) < Gem::Version.new('0.5.1')
-        UI.info "Please update rb-inotify (>= 0.5.1)"
-        false
-      else
-        true
+      if !defined?(INotify::VERSION) || Gem::Version.new(INotify::VERSION.join('.')) < Gem::Version.new('0.8.5')
+        UI.info "Please update rb-inotify (>= 0.8.5)"
       end
+      true
     rescue LoadError
       UI.info "Please install rb-inotify gem for Linux inotify support"
       false