diff --git a/sinatra-contrib/lib/sinatra/respond_with.rb b/sinatra-contrib/lib/sinatra/respond_with.rb
index 8521ca9842..ed788c4b45 100644
--- a/sinatra-contrib/lib/sinatra/respond_with.rb
+++ b/sinatra-contrib/lib/sinatra/respond_with.rb
@@ -173,16 +173,12 @@ def template_for(name, exts)
           settings.template_engines[ext].each { |e| possible << [e, name] }
         end
         possible.each do |engine, template|
-          # not exactly like Tilt[engine], but does not trigger a require
-          if Tilt.respond_to?(:mappings)
-            klass = Tilt.mappings[Tilt.normalize(engine)].first
-          else
-            begin
-              klass = Tilt[engine]
-            rescue LoadError
-              next
-            end
+          begin
+            klass = Tilt[engine]
+          rescue LoadError
+            next
           end
+
           find_template(settings.views, template, klass) do |file|
             next unless File.exist? file
             return settings.rendering_method(engine) << template.to_sym
diff --git a/sinatra-contrib/sinatra-contrib.gemspec b/sinatra-contrib/sinatra-contrib.gemspec
index 7d0d785265..6f683f0511 100644
--- a/sinatra-contrib/sinatra-contrib.gemspec
+++ b/sinatra-contrib/sinatra-contrib.gemspec
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ EOF
   s.add_dependency "sinatra", version
   s.add_dependency "mustermann", "~> 1.0"
   s.add_dependency "backports", ">= 2.8.2"
-  s.add_dependency "tilt",      ">= 1.3", "< 3"
+  s.add_dependency "tilt", "~> 2.0"
   s.add_dependency "rack-protection", version
   s.add_dependency "multi_json"