diff --git a/.guardrc b/.guardrc
index ac1aa763..5c5c9a7d 100644
--- a/.guardrc
+++ b/.guardrc
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-Guard.options[:clear] = true
+# Configure the Pry interactor here.
+# https://github.com/guard/guard/wiki/Configuration-files
diff --git a/.irbrc b/.irbrc
index e18e3c55..490d2ead 100644
--- a/.irbrc
+++ b/.irbrc
@@ -8,21 +8,6 @@ ARGV.concat [ '--readline',
               '--prompt-mode',
               'simple']
 
-# monkey patch for AwesomePrint + objects that implement '=='
-module AwesomePrint
-  class Formatter
-    def awesome_self(object, type)
-      if @options[:raw] && object.instance_variables.any?
-        awesome_object(object)
-      elsif object.respond_to?(:to_hash)
-        awesome_hash(object.to_hash)
-      else
-        colorize(object.inspect.to_s, type)
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
-
 # 25 entries in the list
 IRB.conf[:SAVE_HISTORY] = 50
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bff29be6..a68d16fa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ## Change Log
 
+### 1.2.2
+
+* #105 update awesome print to 1.6
+
 ### 1.2.1
 
 * #101 Escape binary path in argument to lipo. @gredman
diff --git a/Guardfile b/Guardfile
index d604dbae..100226ff 100644
--- a/Guardfile
+++ b/Guardfile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 notification :growl, sticky: false, priority: 0
 logger level: :info
+clearing :on
 
 guard 'bundler' do
   watch('Gemfile')
diff --git a/lib/run_loop/version.rb b/lib/run_loop/version.rb
index 13c622da..f4053b29 100644
--- a/lib/run_loop/version.rb
+++ b/lib/run_loop/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module RunLoop
-  VERSION = '1.2.1'
+  VERSION = '1.2.2'
 
   # A model of a software release version that can be used to compare two versions.
   #
diff --git a/run_loop.gemspec b/run_loop.gemspec
index b7dc82e9..febb91d9 100644
--- a/run_loop.gemspec
+++ b/run_loop.gemspec
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.required_ruby_version = '>= 1.9'
 
   s.add_dependency('thor', '>= 0.18')
-  s.add_dependency('json', '~> 1.8')
+  s.add_dependency('json', '1.8.1')
   # Matches XTC requirement; would like to use ~> 1.4.0.
   s.add_dependency 'retriable', '~> 1.3.3.1'
-  s.add_dependency('awesome_print', '~> 1.2.0')
+  s.add_dependency('awesome_print', '~> 1.6')
   s.add_dependency('CFPropertyList','~> 2.2')
 
   s.add_development_dependency('bundler', '~> 1.6')
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 352c7901..71683e67 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -5,21 +5,6 @@
 require 'stub_env'
 require 'pry'
 
-# monkey patch for AwesomePrint + objects that implement '=='
-module AwesomePrint
-  class Formatter
-    def awesome_self(object, type)
-      if @options[:raw] && object.instance_variables.any?
-        awesome_object(object)
-      elsif object.respond_to?(:to_hash)
-        awesome_hash(object.to_hash)
-      else
-        colorize(object.inspect.to_s, type)
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
-
 module Kernel
   def capture_stdout
     out = StringIO.new