diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c789ecd51..0ee32746e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.1.4.pre
\ No newline at end of file
+0.1.4.pre.a
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vagrant.gemspec b/vagrant.gemspec
index 695602ffc..1816af463 100644
--- a/vagrant.gemspec
+++ b/vagrant.gemspec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = %q{vagrant}
-  s.version = "0.1.4.pre"
+  s.version = "0.1.4.pre.a"
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new("> 1.3.1") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["Mitchell Hashimoto", "John Bender"]
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
       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>, [">= 0.1.5"])
+      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<archive-tar-minitar>, [">= 0.5.2"])
     else
       s.add_dependency(%q<virtualbox>, [">= 0.5.0"])
       s.add_dependency(%q<net-ssh>, [">= 2.0.19"])