diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index b92bc98169..0e63d2ff69 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ require "tasks/changelog_task"
 Fog::Rake::ChangelogTask.new
 
 require "tasks/github_release_task"
+Fog::Rake::GithubReleaseTask.new
 
 task :coveralls_push_workaround do
   use_coveralls = (Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION) > Gem::Version.new('1.9.2'))
diff --git a/gemfiles/Gemfile-ruby-1.8.7 b/gemfiles/Gemfile-ruby-1.8.7
index cb8f190b16..7e98322efa 100644
--- a/gemfiles/Gemfile-ruby-1.8.7
+++ b/gemfiles/Gemfile-ruby-1.8.7
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ group :development, :test do
   # This is here because gemspec doesn't support require: false
   gem 'coveralls', :require => false
   gem "netrc", :require => false
-  gem "octokit", :require => false
+  gem "octokit", '~> 2.7.2', :require => false
   gem 'rake', '~> 10.1.0'
 end
 
diff --git a/lib/tasks/github_release_task.rb b/lib/tasks/github_release_task.rb
index 4ae7919999..ee7ad79bd2 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/github_release_task.rb
+++ b/lib/tasks/github_release_task.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 module Fog
   module Rake
-    class ChangelogTask < ::Rake::TaskLib
+    class GithubReleaseTask < ::Rake::TaskLib
 
       def initialize
         desc "Update the changelog since the last release"