diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index cb959b5b2..706bd15a6 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ gem 'acts-as-taggable-on', :git => "https://github.com/mbleigh/acts-as-taggable-
 
 gem 'addressable', '~> 2.2', :require => 'addressable/uri'
 gem 'http_accept_language', '~> 1.0.2'
-gem 'typhoeus'
+gem 'typhoeus', '~> 0.4.2'
 
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diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 29eaaf015..3052ad0b1 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ GEM
       faraday (~> 0.7)
       multi_json (~> 1.0)
       simple_oauth (~> 0.1)
-    typhoeus (0.3.3)
+    typhoeus (0.4.2)
       mime-types
     tzinfo (0.3.33)
     uglifier (1.2.4)
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   thin (~> 1.3.1)
   timecop
   twitter (= 2.0.2)
-  typhoeus
+  typhoeus (~> 0.4.2)
   uglifier
   unicorn (~> 4.3.0)
   webmock (~> 1.7)