diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 01a87775226..8b4235760fc 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ manageiq_plugin "manageiq-schema"
 gem "activerecord-id_regions",        "~>0.2.0"
 gem "activerecord-session_store",     "~>1.1"
 gem "acts_as_tree",                   "~>2.7" # acts_as_tree needs to be required so that it loads before ancestry
-gem "ancestry",                       "~>3.0.2",       :require => false
+gem "ancestry",                       "=3.0.2",       :require => false
 gem "bcrypt",                         "~> 3.1.10",     :require => false
 gem "bundler",                        ">=1.11.1",      :require => false
 gem "color",                          "~>1.8"