diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 12f9eb458f..bf8b2215f2 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem 'pry',                     :require => false
   gem 'simplecov',               :require => false
   gem 'vagrant-wrapper',         :require => false
-  gem 'rest-client', "1.7.0",    :require => false
+  gem 'rest-client', "1.6.8",    :require => false
 end
 
 if facterversion = ENV['FACTER_GEM_VERSION']