diff --git a/Berksfile b/Berksfile
index 98c4cf6..5f91acf 100644
--- a/Berksfile
+++ b/Berksfile
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 
 source "https://supermarket.chef.io"
 
-cookbook "opsworks_ruby", "=1.20.0" # core Rails deploment cookbook
+# Use fork until https://github.com/ajgon/opsworks_ruby/pull/252 is merged
+cookbook "opsworks_ruby", git: "https://github.com/kzkn/opsworks_ruby.git", ref: "fix-251"
+# cookbook "opsworks_ruby", "=1.20.0" # core Rails deploment cookbook
+
 cookbook "packages" # allows OS packages to be installed
 cookbook "deploy_resource", "= 1.0.2" # lock to 1.0.2 for compatibility with chef < 13