diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f75b3d89..83880550 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,11 +2,8 @@ before_install:
   - sudo apt-get install libicu-dev -y
   - gem update --system 2.1.11
 rvm:
-  - 1.8.7
-  - 1.9.2
   - 1.9.3
   - 2.0.0
   - 2.1.1
-  - ree
 notifications:
   disabled: true
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 3df9dcfc..851fabc2 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,7 +1,2 @@
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 gemspec
-
-if RUBY_VERSION < "1.9.3"
-  # escape_utils 1.0.0 requires 1.9.3 and above
-  gem "escape_utils", "0.3.2"
-end
diff --git a/github-linguist.gemspec b/github-linguist.gemspec
index 9d2f73c1..df0943e1 100644
--- a/github-linguist.gemspec
+++ b/github-linguist.gemspec
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.executables << 'linguist'
 
   s.add_dependency 'charlock_holmes', '~> 0.6.6'
-  s.add_dependency 'escape_utils',    '>= 0.3.1'
+  s.add_dependency 'escape_utils',    '~> 1.0.1'
   s.add_dependency 'mime-types',      '~> 1.19'
   s.add_dependency 'pygments.rb',     '~> 0.5.4'