1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 9ff37d6..5c5e8d4 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ end
 
 if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /java/
   require 'rake/javaextensiontask'
-  require_relative 'lib/psych/versions'
   Rake::JavaExtensionTask.new("psych") do |ext|
     require 'maven/ruby/maven'
+    # force load of versions to overwrite constants with values from repo.
+    load './lib/psych/versions.rb'
     # uses Mavenfile to write classpath into pkg/classpath
     # and tell maven via system properties the snakeyaml version
     # this is basically the same as running from the commandline: