diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rdoc b/CHANGELOG.rdoc
index 7867a97..c56d63f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rdoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rdoc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-== 0.1.2 / February 16th, 2009
+== 0.1.3 / February 16th, 2009
 
 * Added 'rake' helper for defining scheduled rake tasks. [Javan Makhmali]
 
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 * Got rid of already initialized constant warning. [Javan Makhmali]
 
+* Requiring specific gem versions: Chronic >=0.2.3 and activesupport >= 1.3.0 [Javan Makhmali]
+
 
 == 0.1.0 / February 15th, 2009
 
diff --git a/README.rdoc b/README.rdoc
index 52f7b32..443fe2b 100644
--- a/README.rdoc
+++ b/README.rdoc
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ In a Rails (2.1 or greater) application:
 in your "config/environment.rb" file:
 
   Rails::Initializer.run do |config|
-    config.gem 'javan-whenever', :lib => false, :version => '>= 0.1.2' :source => 'http://gems.github.com'
+    config.gem 'javan-whenever', :lib => false, :version => '>= 0.1.3' :source => 'http://gems.github.com'
   end
   
 To install this gem (and all other missing gem dependencies), run rake gems:install (use sudo if necessary).
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 8974076..dcb6d59 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
-require './lib/version'
-
 require 'rubygems'
 require 'rake'
 require 'echoe'
 
-WHENEVER_VERSION = Whenever::VERSION::STRING.dup
+require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/lib/version")
 
-Echoe.new('whenever', WHENEVER_VERSION) do |p|
-  p.changelog      = "CHANGELOG.rdoc"
+Echoe.new('whenever', Whenever::VERSION::STRING) do |p|
   p.description    = "Provides clean ruby syntax for defining messy cron jobs and running them Whenever."
   p.url            = "http://github.com/javan/whenever"
   p.author         = "Javan Makhmali"
   p.email          = "javan@javan.us"
-  p.dependencies   = ["chronic", "activesupport"]
+  p.dependencies   = ["chronic >=0.2.3", "activesupport >=1.3.0"]
 end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/whenever b/bin/whenever
index 141f17c..a1f512d 100644
--- a/bin/whenever
+++ b/bin/whenever
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ require 'rake'
 require 'optparse'
 require 'whenever'
 
+require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../lib/version")
+
 task = "whenever:output_cron"
  
 OptionParser.new do |opts|
   opts.banner = "Usage: whenever [options]"
   opts.on('-c', '--write-crontab') { task = "whenever:write_cron" }
-  opts.on('-v', '--version') { puts "Whenever v#{WHENEVER_VERSION}"; exit }
+  opts.on('-v', '--version') { puts "Whenever v#{Whenever::VERSION::STRING}"; exit }
 end.parse!
 
 Rake::Task[task].invoke
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/version.rb b/lib/version.rb
index 34278ab..9e0357d 100644
--- a/lib/version.rb
+++ b/lib/version.rb
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ module Whenever
   module VERSION #:nodoc:
     MAJOR = 0
     MINOR = 1
-    TINY  = 2
+    TINY  = 3
 
     STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, TINY].join('.')
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end unless defined?(Whenever::VERSION)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/whenever.rb b/lib/whenever.rb
index 35dea3d..ff1fed5 100644
--- a/lib/whenever.rb
+++ b/lib/whenever.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ require 'activesupport'
 require 'chronic'
 
 require 'base'
+require 'version'
 require 'job_list'
 require 'job_types/default'
 require 'job_types/rake_task'
diff --git a/whenever.gemspec b/whenever.gemspec
index faf1aa6..9c5c157 100644
--- a/whenever.gemspec
+++ b/whenever.gemspec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = %q{whenever}
-  s.version = "0.1.2"
+  s.version = "0.1.3"
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 1.2") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["Javan Makhmali"]
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     s.specification_version = 2
 
     if Gem::Version.new(Gem::RubyGemsVersion) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
-      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<chronic>, [">= 0"])
-      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<activesupport>, [">= 0"])
+      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<chronic>, [">= 0.2.3"])
+      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<activesupport>, [">= 1.3.0"])
     else
-      s.add_dependency(%q<chronic>, [">= 0"])
-      s.add_dependency(%q<activesupport>, [">= 0"])
+      s.add_dependency(%q<chronic>, [">= 0.2.3"])
+      s.add_dependency(%q<activesupport>, [">= 1.3.0"])
     end
   else
-    s.add_dependency(%q<chronic>, [">= 0"])
-    s.add_dependency(%q<activesupport>, [">= 0"])
+    s.add_dependency(%q<chronic>, [">= 0.2.3"])
+    s.add_dependency(%q<activesupport>, [">= 1.3.0"])
   end
 end