diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index 7523796..2281d8d 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 license          "Apache 2.0"
 description      "Installs and configures Passenger under RVM with Apache or nginx"
 long_description IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
-version          "0.8.3"
+version          "0.8.4"
 
 recipe "rvm_passenger",           "Installs Passenger gem with RVM"
 recipe "rvm_passenger::apache2",  "Enables Apache module configuration for passenger under RVM"
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 
 depends "rvm",      ">= 0.8.0"
 depends "nginx",    "~> 0.101.0"
-depends "apache2",  "~> 1.1.8"
+depends "apache2",  ">= 1.1.8"
+depends "apache2",  "< 1.7.0"
 
 supports "ubuntu"
 supports "debian"
diff --git a/templates/default/passenger_nginx.conf.erb b/templates/default/passenger_nginx.conf.erb
index 6d6731b..f8caee0 100644
--- a/templates/default/passenger_nginx.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/default/passenger_nginx.conf.erb
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-passenger_root <%= node[:rvm_passenger][:root_path] %>;
-passenger_ruby <%= node[:rvm_passenger][:ruby_wrapper] %>;
+passenger_root <%= node['rvm_passenger']['root_path'] %>;
+passenger_ruby <%= node['rvm_passenger']['ruby_wrapper'] %>;