diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index c1675b671..a4abb8b6d 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 source :gemcutter
 
 # Gems required for the lib to even run
-gem "virtualbox", ">= 0.5.4"
+gem "virtualbox", "~> 0.6.0"
 gem "net-ssh", ">= 2.0.19"
 gem "net-scp", ">= 1.0.2"
 gem "git-style-binaries", ">= 0.1.10"
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index a9130119d..9f650885f 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', '>= 0.5.4')
+    gemspec.add_dependency('virtualbox', '~> 0.6.0')
     gemspec.add_dependency('net-ssh', '>= 2.0.19')
     gemspec.add_dependency('net-scp', '>= 1.0.2')
     gemspec.add_dependency('json_pure', '>= 1.2.0')