diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 439a877..420c0ac 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ require 'rubygems/package_task'
 require 'rake/testtask'
 
 BASE_DIR = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__))
+GEMSPEC_PATH = File.join(BASE_DIR, 'putty-key.gemspec')
+spec = TOPLEVEL_BINDING.eval(File.read(GEMSPEC_PATH), GEMSPEC_PATH)
 
 task :default => :test
 
-spec = eval(File.read('putty-key.gemspec'))
-
 # Attempt to find the private key and return a spec with added options for
 # signing the gem if found.
 def add_signing_key(spec)
diff --git a/putty-key.gemspec b/putty-key.gemspec
index d046a6e..eac9165 100644
--- a/putty-key.gemspec
+++ b/putty-key.gemspec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require File.expand_path(File.join('..', 'lib', 'putty', 'key', 'version'), __FILE__)
+require_relative 'lib/putty/key/version'
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = 'putty-key'