diff --git a/spec/lib/listen/record_spec.rb b/spec/lib/listen/record_spec.rb
index 1f883e22..919ad0d5 100644
--- a/spec/lib/listen/record_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/listen/record_spec.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 RSpec.describe Listen::Record do
   let(:dir) { instance_double(Pathname, to_s: '/dir') }
   let(:silencer_options) { { ignore!: [/\A\.ignored/] } }
-  let(:silencer) { Listen::Silencer.new(silencer_options) }
+  let(:silencer) { Listen::Silencer.new(**silencer_options) }
   let(:record) { Listen::Record.new(dir, silencer) }
 
   def dir_entries_for(hash)
diff --git a/spec/lib/listen/silencer_spec.rb b/spec/lib/listen/silencer_spec.rb
index 28412dc7..8d4145fa 100644
--- a/spec/lib/listen/silencer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/listen/silencer_spec.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 RSpec.describe Listen::Silencer do
   let(:options) { {} }
-  subject { described_class.new(options) }
+  subject { described_class.new(**options) }
 
   describe '#silenced?' do
     it { should accept(:file, Pathname('some_dir').join("some_file.rb")) }