diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index fe84fb1f10c..e438c2405fc 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ group :test, :development do
   gem 'image_optim'
   gem 'certified'
   gem 'rb-fsevent'
-  gem 'rb-inotify', :require => RUBY_PLATFORM.include?('linux') && 'rb-inotify'
+  gem 'rb-inotify', '~> 0.8.8', :require => RUBY_PLATFORM.include?('linux') && 'rb-inotify'
   gem 'terminal-notifier-guard', :require => RUBY_PLATFORM.include?('darwin') && 'terminal-notifier-guard'
 end
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 15a5bbebb93..85225874b69 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ GEM
       thor (>= 0.14.6, < 2.0)
     rake (10.0.3)
     rb-fsevent (0.9.3)
-    rb-inotify (0.9.0)
+    rb-inotify (0.8.8)
       ffi (>= 0.5.0)
     rdoc (3.12)
       json (~> 1.4)
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rails_multisite!
   rake
   rb-fsevent
-  rb-inotify
+  rb-inotify (~> 0.8.8)
   redis
   redis-rails
   rest-client