diff --git a/json_matchers.gemspec b/json_matchers.gemspec
index 3181245..9c00d24 100644
--- a/json_matchers.gemspec
+++ b/json_matchers.gemspec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.test_files    = spec.files.grep(%r{^(test|spec|features)/})
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
-  spec.add_dependency("json-schema", "~> 2.2.5")
+  spec.add_dependency("json_schema")
   spec.add_dependency("activesupport", '>= 3.0.0')
 
   spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", "~> 1.7"
diff --git a/lib/json_matchers/matcher.rb b/lib/json_matchers/matcher.rb
index 89b75b0..c7b829a 100644
--- a/lib/json_matchers/matcher.rb
+++ b/lib/json_matchers/matcher.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-require "json-schema"
+require "pry"
+require "json_schema"
 
 module JsonMatchers
   class Matcher
@@ -10,16 +11,20 @@ def initialize(schema_path, **options)
     def matches?(response)
       @response = response
 
-      JSON::Validator.validate!(
-        schema_path.to_s,
-        response.body,
-        options,
-      )
-    rescue JSON::Schema::ValidationError => ex
-      @validation_failure_message = ex.message
-      false
-    rescue JSON::ParserError
-      raise InvalidSchemaError
+      begin
+        schema_data = JSON.parse(File.read(@schema_path.to_s))
+        response_body = JSON.parse(@response.body)
+        json_schema = JsonSchema.parse!(schema_data)
+        json_schema.expand_references
+        json_schema.validate!(response_body)
+      rescue RuntimeError => ex
+        @validation_failure_message = ex.message
+        return false
+      rescue JsonSchema::SchemaError, JSON::ParserError => ex
+        raise InvalidSchemaError
+      end
+
+      true
     end
 
     def validation_failure_message
diff --git a/spec/json_matchers/match_response_schema_spec.rb b/spec/json_matchers/match_response_schema_spec.rb
index 2fdb5ea..dc395c3 100644
--- a/spec/json_matchers/match_response_schema_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/json_matchers/match_response_schema_spec.rb
@@ -95,22 +95,61 @@
   end
 
   it "supports $ref" do
-    create_schema("single", {
+    create_schema("user", {
+      "id" => "user",
       "type" => "object",
-      "required" => ["foo"],
-      "properties" => {
-        "foo" => { "type" => "string" },
-      }
+      "definitions" => {
+        "id" => {
+          "description" => "A unique identifier",
+          "example" => "1",
+          "type" => "integer"
+        }
+      },
+      "required" => ["id"],
+      "properties" => { "id" => { "$ref" => "#/definitions/id" } }
     })
-    create_schema("collection", {
-      "type" => "array",
-      "items" => { "$ref" => "single.json" },
+    create_schema("users", {
+      "id" => "users",
+      "type" => "object",
+      "definitions" => {
+        "users" => {
+          "description" => "A collection of users",
+          "example" => [{ "id" => "1" }],
+          "type" => "array",
+          "items" => { "$ref" => "/schemas/user.json#" }
+        }
+      },
+      "required" => ["users"],
+      "properties" => { "users" => { "$ref" => "#/definitions/users" } }
     })
 
-    valid_response = response_for([{ "foo" => "is a string" }])
-    invalid_response = response_for([{ "foo" => 0 }])
+    valid_response = response_for([{ "id" => "1" }])
+    invalid_response = response_for([{ "id" => "invalid" }])
 
-    expect(valid_response).to match_response_schema("collection")
-    expect(invalid_response).not_to match_response_schema("collection")
+    expect(valid_response).to match_response_schema("users")
+    expect(invalid_response).not_to match_response_schema("users")
+  end
+
+  it "supports the 'id' keyword" do
+    top_level_schema = {
+      "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "a": { "$ref": "#/nested.json" }
+      }
+    }
+    nested_schema = {
+      "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+      "type": "object",
+      "required": ["b"],
+      "properties": { "b": { "type": "string" } },
+      "id": "nested"
+    }
+    response_json = { a: { b: "foo" } }
+    create_schema("schema-with-id", top_level_schema)
+    create_schema("nested", nested_schema)
+
+    expect(response_for(response_json)).
+      to match_response_schema("schema-with-id")
   end
 end