diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 673e2fa2..b0810ca4 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ gem 'travis-support',  github: 'travis-ci/travis-support'
 gem 'travis-sidekiqs', github: 'travis-ci/travis-sidekiqs', require: nil, ref: 'cde9741'
 gem 'sinatra'          #github: 'sinatra/sinatra'
 gem 'sinatra-contrib', require: nil #github: 'sinatra/sinatra-contrib', require: nil
-gem 'newrelic_rpm', '~> 3.5.5'
 
 # TODO need to release the gem as soon i'm certain this change makes sense
 gem 'simple_states',      github: 'svenfuchs/simple_states', branch: 'sf-set-state-early'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 6049c1c5..08f1348d 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ PATH
     travis-api (0.0.1)
       backports (~> 2.5)
       hubble (~> 0.1)
-      newrelic_rpm (~> 3.5.0)
+      newrelic_rpm (~> 3.5.5.0)
       pg (~> 0.13.2)
       rack-contrib (~> 1.1)
       rack-ssl (~> 1.3, >= 1.3.3)
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ GEM
     multipart-post (1.1.5)
     net-http-persistent (2.8)
     net-http-pipeline (1.0.1)
-    newrelic_rpm (3.5.6.46)
+    newrelic_rpm (3.5.5.38)
     pg (0.13.2)
     polyglot (0.3.3)
     postmark (0.9.18)
@@ -291,7 +291,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   metriks (= 0.9.9.2)
   micro_migrations!
   mocha (~> 0.12)
-  newrelic_rpm (~> 3.5.5)
   pry
   puma
   rack-cache (~> 1.2)
diff --git a/travis-api.gemspec b/travis-api.gemspec
index 11927410..a4b7755b 100644
--- a/travis-api.gemspec
+++ b/travis-api.gemspec
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency 'hubble',          '~> 0.1'
   s.add_dependency 'backports',       '~> 2.5'
   s.add_dependency 'pg',              '~> 0.13.2'
-  s.add_dependency 'newrelic_rpm',    '~> 3.5.0'
+  s.add_dependency 'newrelic_rpm',    '~> 3.5.5.0'
   s.add_dependency 'thin',            '~> 1.4'
   s.add_dependency 'sinatra',         '~> 1.3'
   s.add_dependency 'sinatra-contrib', '~> 1.3'