diff --git a/History.txt b/History.txt
index 1a915b65..ab0a404c 100644
--- a/History.txt
+++ b/History.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     * Add source and destination directory protection (#535)
     * Better YAML error message (#718)
   * Bug Fixes
-    * Fix integration with directory_watcher 1.5.x (#916)
+    * Fix integration with directory_watcher 1.4.x (#916)
     * Accepting strings as arguments to jekyll-import command (#910)
     * Force usage of older directory_watcher gem as 1.5 is broken (#883)
     * Ensure all Post categories are downcase (#842, #872)
diff --git a/jekyll.gemspec b/jekyll.gemspec
index 54ab3330..ac5c46e0 100644
--- a/jekyll.gemspec
+++ b/jekyll.gemspec
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.add_runtime_dependency('liquid', "~> 2.3")
   s.add_runtime_dependency('classifier', "~> 1.3")
-  s.add_runtime_dependency('directory_watcher', "~> 1.5.1")
+  s.add_runtime_dependency('directory_watcher', "~> 1.4.1")
   s.add_runtime_dependency('maruku', "~> 0.5")
   s.add_runtime_dependency('kramdown', "~> 0.14")
   s.add_runtime_dependency('pygments.rb', "~> 0.3.2")