[chef] Gem Versions

[Jenn Fountain < >]

Ohai,

I am trying to use httparty in a recipe but running into version issues.  
Chef is using the embedded gems and has both json 1.8.1 and json 1.5.5 
installed. *I tried to uinstall json 1.5.5 but it breaks chef.  When I try to 
use httparty in my recipe, I get the error - json 1.8.1 conflicts with json 
1.5.5.  When I try to set it to use that version (gem 'json', ‘1.8.1’), I get 
this error: can't activate json-1.8.1, already activated json-1.5.5.

My googlefu comes up with nothing helpful. Thanks for any pointers!

-J