diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 23b812819..8256ee04c 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ begin
     gemspec.homepage = "http://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant"
     gemspec.authors = ["Mitchell Hashimoto", "John Bender"]
 
-    gemspec.add_dependency('virtualbox', '>= 0.5.2')
+    gemspec.add_dependency('virtualbox', '>= 0.5.3')
     gemspec.add_dependency('net-ssh', '>= 2.0.19')
     gemspec.add_dependency('net-scp', '>= 1.0.2')
     gemspec.add_dependency('json', '>= 1.2.0')
diff --git a/vagrant.gemspec b/vagrant.gemspec
index 4a2cd31a5..2bea14845 100644
--- a/vagrant.gemspec
+++ b/vagrant.gemspec
@@ -183,14 +183,14 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     s.specification_version = 3
 
     if Gem::Version.new(Gem::RubyGemsVersion) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
-      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<virtualbox>, [">= 0.5.2"])
+      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<virtualbox>, [">= 0.5.3"])
       s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<net-ssh>, [">= 2.0.19"])
       s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<net-scp>, [">= 1.0.2"])
       s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<json>, [">= 1.2.0"])
       s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<git-style-binaries>, [">= 0.1.10"])
       s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<archive-tar-minitar>, ["= 0.5.2"])
     else
-      s.add_dependency(%q<virtualbox>, [">= 0.5.2"])
+      s.add_dependency(%q<virtualbox>, [">= 0.5.3"])
       s.add_dependency(%q<net-ssh>, [">= 2.0.19"])
       s.add_dependency(%q<net-scp>, [">= 1.0.2"])
       s.add_dependency(%q<json>, [">= 1.2.0"])
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
       s.add_dependency(%q<archive-tar-minitar>, ["= 0.5.2"])
     end
   else
-    s.add_dependency(%q<virtualbox>, [">= 0.5.2"])
+    s.add_dependency(%q<virtualbox>, [">= 0.5.3"])
     s.add_dependency(%q<net-ssh>, [">= 2.0.19"])
     s.add_dependency(%q<net-scp>, [">= 1.0.2"])
     s.add_dependency(%q<json>, [">= 1.2.0"])