diff --git a/vagrant.changes b/vagrant.changes
index 9c8b913..3951e67 100644
--- a/vagrant.changes
+++ b/vagrant.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jan 30 08:17:11 UTC 2018 - robert.munteanu@gmail.com
+
+- No longer hardcode the ruby version, it was enough to lock down
+  the rubygem versions 
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Jan 27 20:58:00 UTC 2018 - robert.munteanu@gmail.com
+
+- Explicitly build against ruby 2.5 for now 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Oct 26 19:42:46 UTC 2017 - tmkn@tmkn.uk
 
diff --git a/vagrant.spec b/vagrant.spec
index 7796ecf..ddd9f1c 100644
--- a/vagrant.spec
+++ b/vagrant.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package vagrant
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 # Copyright (c) 2012 Laurent Bigonville <bigon@debian.org>, License GPL-2.0+
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ Patch24:        0024-do-not-depend-on-wdm.patch
 Patch25:        0025-do-not-abuse-relative-paths-in-docker-plugin.patch
 
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-# force only one ruby version
 %define rb_build_versions %rb_default_ruby
 %define rb_build_abi %rb_default_ruby_abi
 #
@@ -65,10 +64,10 @@ BuildRequires:  %{rubygem childprocess <= 0.7 }
 BuildRequires:  %{rubygem crack }
 # Prevent have choice for rubygem(ruby:2.2.0:erubis)
 BuildRequires:  %{rubygem erubis >= 2.7}
-BuildRequires:  %{rubygem fake_ftp}
+BuildRequires:  %{rubygem fake_ftp < 0.3}
 BuildRequires:  %{rubygem hashicorp-checkpoint}
 BuildRequires:  %{rubygem i18n <= 0.8 }
-BuildRequires:  %{rubygem listen}
+BuildRequires:  %{rubygem listen >= 3.1.5}
 BuildRequires:  %{rubygem log4r}
 # Prevent have choice for rubygem(ruby:2.2.0:net-scp)
 BuildRequires:  %{rubygem net-scp >= 1.2}