diff --git a/History.txt b/History.txt
index c667b96..6a3839c 100644
--- a/History.txt
+++ b/History.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+=== 1.5.4 2011-01-12
+* install_rubyforge: required by 1.5.3
 === 1.5.3 2010-03-04
 
 * Do not load activesupport 3.0, only 2.3
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index c265068..f6f9d04 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ $hoe = Hoe.spec 'newgem' do
     ['rubigen',">= #{RubiGen::VERSION}"],
     ['hoe', ">= #{Hoe::VERSION}"],
     ['RedCloth','>= 4.1.1'], # for website generation
-    ['syntax','>= 1.0.0']
+    ['syntax','>= 1.0.0'],
+    ['rubyforge','>= 2.0.0']
   ]
   extra_dev_deps << ['cucumber', ">= 0.3.11"]
 end