diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2454c10cd..742f71567 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     chef server is enabled). [GH-214]
   - Multiple NFS folders now work on linux. [GH-215]
   - Add translation for state "stuck" which is very rare. [GH-218]
+  - virtualbox gem dependency minimum raised to 0.7.6 to verify FFI < 1.0.0 is used.
 
 ## 0.6.7 (November 3, 2010)
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 3170c90cb..762251d85 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ PATH
       net-scp (~> 1.0.3)
       net-ssh (~> 2.0.23)
       thor (~> 0.14.2)
-      virtualbox (~> 0.7.3)
+      virtualbox (~> 0.7.6)
 
 GEM
   remote: http://rubygems.org/
diff --git a/vagrant.gemspec b/vagrant.gemspec
index 0aea72196..ac944e1cd 100644
--- a/vagrant.gemspec
+++ b/vagrant.gemspec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency "net-scp", "~> 1.0.3"
   s.add_dependency "i18n", "~> 0.4.1"
   s.add_dependency "thor", "~> 0.14.2"
-  s.add_dependency "virtualbox", "~> 0.7.3"
+  s.add_dependency "virtualbox", "~> 0.7.6"
 
   s.add_development_dependency "rake"
   s.add_development_dependency "contest", ">= 0.1.2"