diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index c9b2b3843..0f9ba3511 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -128,13 +128,12 @@ group :development do
 end
 
 group :development, :test do
-  # test stack
-  gem 'capybara',           '2.4.4'
-  gem 'rspec-rails',        '3.5.2' 
+  gem 'capybara'
+  gem 'rspec-rails', '~> 3.5'
   gem 'fabrication',        '2.13.2' # Replacement for fixtures
-  gem 'phantomjs-binaries', '1.9.2.4' 
-  gem 'phantomjs',          '1.9.8.0'
-  gem 'poltergeist',        '1.6.0'  # We are using PhantomJS instead
+  gem 'phantomjs-binaries'
+  gem 'phantomjs'
+  gem 'poltergeist'
   gem 'launchy',            '2.4.3' # for opening browser automatically
 
   # debug
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 208306b38..3495e9eea 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ GEM
       bundler (~> 1.2)
       thor (~> 0.18)
     cancancan (1.11.0)
-    capybara (2.4.4)
+    capybara (2.14.0)
+      addressable
       mime-types (>= 1.16)
       nokogiri (>= 1.3.3)
       rack (>= 1.0.0)
@@ -336,12 +337,11 @@ GEM
     pdfkit (0.6.2)
     pg (0.19.0)
     phantomjs (1.9.8.0)
-    phantomjs-binaries (1.9.2.4)
+    phantomjs-binaries (2.1.1.1)
       sys-uname (= 0.9.0)
-    poltergeist (1.6.0)
+    poltergeist (1.14.0)
       capybara (~> 2.1)
       cliver (~> 0.3.1)
-      multi_json (~> 1.0)
       websocket-driver (>= 0.2.0)
     polyamorous (1.3.1)
       activerecord (>= 3.0)
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   bullet (= 4.14.7)
   bundler-audit
   cancancan (= 1.11.0)
-  capybara (= 2.4.4)
+  capybara
   codeclimate-test-reporter (~> 1.0.0)
   coderay (= 1.1.0)
   coffee-rails (= 4.1.0)
@@ -605,9 +605,9 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   paper_trail!
   pdfkit (= 0.6.2)
   pg (= 0.19.0)
-  phantomjs (= 1.9.8.0)
-  phantomjs-binaries (= 1.9.2.4)
-  poltergeist (= 1.6.0)
+  phantomjs
+  phantomjs-binaries
+  poltergeist
   pry (= 0.10.1)
   puma
   que (= 0.10.0)
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rails-settings-cached (= 0.4.1)
   ransack (= 1.5.1)
   rest-client
-  rspec-rails (= 3.5.2)
+  rspec-rails (~> 3.5)
   rubocop (= 0.48.1)
   rubycritic (= 3.2.0)
   sass-rails (= 5.0.6)
diff --git a/app/assets/images/registrar/bg-alpha.png b/app/assets/images/registrar/bg-test.png
similarity index 100%
rename from app/assets/images/registrar/bg-alpha.png
rename to app/assets/images/registrar/bg-test.png
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 664043716..e5e131454 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 require 'webmock/rspec'
+WebMock.disable_net_connect!(allow_localhost: true)
+
 if ENV['TRAVIS']
   require 'simplecov'
   SimpleCov.start