diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 514329c0a59..b85bcfec488 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ group :test, :development do
   gem 'jasminerice'
   gem 'mocha', require: false
   gem 'rb-fsevent'
-  gem 'rb-inotify', '~> 0.8.8', require: RUBY_PLATFORM.include?('linux') && 'rb-inotify'
+  gem 'rb-inotify', '~> 0.9', require: RUBY_PLATFORM.include?('linux') && 'rb-inotify'
   gem 'rspec-rails'
   gem 'shoulda'
   gem 'simplecov', require: false