diff --git a/cucumber.gemspec b/cucumber.gemspec
index 2aea04caa0..32e6e68ebb 100644
--- a/cucumber.gemspec
+++ b/cucumber.gemspec
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.add_dependency 'builder', '>= 2.1.2'
   s.add_dependency 'diff-lcs', '>= 1.1.3'
-  s.add_dependency 'gherkin', '~> 2.12.1'
+  s.add_dependency 'gherkin', '~> 2.12'
   s.add_dependency 'multi_json', '>= 1.7.5', '< 2.0'
   s.add_dependency 'multi_test', '>= 0.0.2'
 
diff --git a/lib/cucumber/step_match.rb b/lib/cucumber/step_match.rb
index 94377bed3a..c4637548d2 100644
--- a/lib/cucumber/step_match.rb
+++ b/lib/cucumber/step_match.rb
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def initialize(step, name)
       @name = name
     end
 
-    def format_args(format)
+    def format_args(*args)
       @name
     end