diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 7c3d0cf6af..a5e35978b8 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ group :development, :unit_tests do
   gem 'rspec-puppet',                                     :require => false
   gem 'puppetlabs_spec_helper',                           :require => false
   gem 'puppet-lint', "1.0.1",                             :require => false
-  gem 'json',                                             :require => false
+  gem 'json', "~> 1.8.3",                                 :require => false
   gem 'puppet-syntax',                                    :require => false
   gem 'metadata-json-lint',                               :require => false
   gem 'puppet-blacksmith',                                :require => false
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ group :development, :unit_tests do
   gem 'puppet-lint-undef_in_function-check',              :require => false
   gem 'puppet-lint-unquoted_string-check',                :require => false
   gem 'puppet-lint-version_comparison-check',             :require => false
+
 end
 
 group :system_tests do
diff --git a/spec/classes/sensu_enterprise_spec.rb b/spec/classes/sensu_enterprise_spec.rb
index ee1bef4219..7fabd81933 100644
--- a/spec/classes/sensu_enterprise_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/sensu_enterprise_spec.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     let(:facts) { {
       :osfamily => 'RedHat',
       :fqdn     => 'testhost.domain.com'
+
     } }
 
     context 'with enterprise => true' do
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@
   end
 
   context 'on Debian' do
-    let(:facts) { { :osfamily => 'Debian', :lsbdistid => 'ubuntu' } }
+    let(:facts) { { :osfamily => 'Debian', :lsbdistid => 'ubuntu', :lsbdistrelease => '14.04' } }
     context 'when enterprise => true' do
       let(:params) { {
         :enterprise => true,
diff --git a/spec/classes/sensu_package_spec.rb b/spec/classes/sensu_package_spec.rb
index 4afc250671..02fc7cd70d 100644
--- a/spec/classes/sensu_package_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/sensu_package_spec.rb
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     context 'repos' do
 
       context 'ubuntu' do
-        let(:facts) { { :osfamily => 'Debian' , :lsbdistid => 'ubuntu'} }
+        let(:facts) { { :osfamily => 'Debian', :lsbdistid => 'ubuntu', :lsbdistrelease => '14.04'} }
 
         context 'with puppet-apt installed' do
           let(:pre_condition) { [ 'define apt::source ($ensure, $location, $release, $repos, $include, $key) {}' ] }
diff --git a/spec/defines/sensu_handler_spec.rb b/spec/defines/sensu_handler_spec.rb
index d94a632bae..d742b8593f 100644
--- a/spec/defines/sensu_handler_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/defines/sensu_handler_spec.rb
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         :owner  => 'sensu',
         :group  => 'sensu',
         :mode   => '0440'
-      ).that_comes_before("Sensu_Handler[#{title}]")
+      )
     end
   end
 
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@
     it { should contain_sensu_handler('myhandler').with_ensure('absent') }
     it do
       should contain_file("/etc/sensu/conf.d/handlers/#{title}.json").
-        with_ensure('absent').
-        that_comes_before("Sensu_Handler[#{title}]")
+        with_ensure('absent')
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/defines/sensu_mutator_spec.rb b/spec/defines/sensu_mutator_spec.rb
index c6d2936e10..8a24d26218 100644
--- a/spec/defines/sensu_mutator_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/defines/sensu_mutator_spec.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         :owner  => 'sensu',
         :group  => 'sensu',
         :mode   => '0440'
-      ).that_comes_before("Sensu_Mutator[#{title}]")
+      )
     end
   end
 
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@
     } }
     it { should contain_sensu_mutator('mymutator').with_ensure('absent') }
     it do
-      should contain_file("/etc/sensu/conf.d/mutators/#{title}.json").
-        with_ensure('absent').
-        that_comes_before("Sensu_Mutator[#{title}]")
+      should contain_file("/etc/sensu/conf.d/mutators/#{title}.json").with(
+        :ensure => 'absent'
+      )
     end
   end