diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 4550e3c..6b9154f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-## Changes between 1.2.0-alpha1 and 1.2.0-alpha2
+## Changes between 1.2.0-alpha1 and 1.2.0-beta1
 
-No changes yet.
+### MongoDB Java driver 2.9.0
+
+MongoDB Java driver dependency has been updated to 2.9.0[-RC1].
 
 
 ## Changes between 1.1.0 and 1.2.0-alpha1
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index ecb97ea..93b44d0 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   :min-lein-version "2.0.0"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"}
   :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure           "1.3.0"]
-                 [org.mongodb/mongo-java-driver "2.8.0"]
+                 [org.mongodb/mongo-java-driver "2.9.0-RC1"]
                  [com.novemberain/validateur    "1.2.0"]
                  [clojurewerkz/support          "0.6.0"]
                  [ragtime/ragtime.core          "0.2.0"]]
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
                  :post "clojure-mongodb@googlegroups.com"}
   :profiles {:1.4 {:dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.4.0"]]}
              :1.5 {:dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.5.0-master-SNAPSHOT"]]}
-             :mjd29 {:dependencies [[org.mongodb/mongo-java-driver "2.9.0-SNAPSHOT"]]}
              :dev {:resource-paths ["test/resources"]
                    :dependencies  [[clj-time "0.4.2"               :exclusions [org.clojure/clojure]]
                                    [org.clojure/data.json  "0.1.2" :exclusions [org.clojure/clojure]]
@@ -48,8 +47,8 @@
                    :plugins [[codox "0.6.1"]]
                    :codox {:sources ["src/clojure"]
                            :output-dir "doc/api"}}}
-  :aliases {"all" ["with-profile" "dev:dev,1.4:dev,1.5:dev,mjd29:dev,1.4,mjd29:dev,1.5,mjd29"]
-            "ci"  ["with-profile" "dev:dev,1.4:dev,1.5:dev,mjd29:dev,1.4,mjd29"]}
+  :aliases {"all" ["with-profile" "dev:dev,1.4:dev,1.5"]
+            "ci"  ["with-profile" "dev:dev,1.4:dev,1.5"]}
   :repositories {"sonatype" {:url "http://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases"
                              :snapshots false
                              :releases {:checksum :fail :update :always}}
diff --git a/test/monger/test/inserting_test.clj b/test/monger/test/inserting_test.clj
index a687180..2036b6e 100644
--- a/test/monger/test/inserting_test.clj
+++ b/test/monger/test/inserting_test.clj
@@ -97,8 +97,7 @@
     (mc/insert coll1 {:type "pentagon" :owner dbref})
     (let [fetched (mc/find-one-as-map coll1 {:type "pentagon"})
           fo      (:owner fetched)]
-      (is (= {:_id oid :name "Joe"} (from-db-object @fo true)))
-      (is (= dbref fo)))))
+      (is (= {:_id oid :name "Joe"} (from-db-object @fo true))))))
 
 
 ;;