diff --git a/lib/base64.gemspec b/lib/base64.gemspec
index d793dce063..44a2ce1fd1 100644
--- a/lib/base64.gemspec
+++ b/lib/base64.gemspec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name = File.basename(__FILE__, ".gemspec")
-version = ["lib", Array.new(name.count("-")+1, "..").join("/")].find do |dir|
+version = ["lib", Array.new(name.count("-")+1).join("/")].find do |dir|
   break File.foreach(File.join(__dir__, dir, "#{name.tr('-', '/')}.rb")) do |line|
     /^\s*VERSION\s*=\s*"(.*)"/ =~ line and break $1
   end rescue nil
diff --git a/lib/find.gemspec b/lib/find.gemspec
index e4aceadbf7..cb845e9409 100644
--- a/lib/find.gemspec
+++ b/lib/find.gemspec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name = File.basename(__FILE__, ".gemspec")
-version = ["lib", Array.new(name.count("-")+1, "..").join("/")].find do |dir|
+version = ["lib", Array.new(name.count("-")+1).join("/")].find do |dir|
   break File.foreach(File.join(__dir__, dir, "#{name.tr('-', '/')}.rb")) do |line|
     /^\s*VERSION\s*=\s*"(.*)"/ =~ line and break $1
   end rescue nil
diff --git a/lib/tsort.gemspec b/lib/tsort.gemspec
index bd1f55ec7a..0e2f110a53 100644
--- a/lib/tsort.gemspec
+++ b/lib/tsort.gemspec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name = File.basename(__FILE__, ".gemspec")
-version = ["lib", Array.new(name.count("-")+1, "..").join("/")].find do |dir|
+version = ["lib", Array.new(name.count("-")+1).join("/")].find do |dir|
   break File.foreach(File.join(__dir__, dir, "#{name.tr('-', '/')}.rb")) do |line|
     /^\s*VERSION\s*=\s*"(.*)"/ =~ line and break $1
   end rescue nil