diff --git a/lib/herb.rb b/lib/herb.rb
index 8b4670c4f..96083b0e5 100644
--- a/lib/herb.rb
+++ b/lib/herb.rb
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@
   major, minor, _patch = RUBY_VERSION.split(".") #: [String, String, String]
 
   if RUBY_PATCHLEVEL == -1
-    require_relative "herb/herb"
+    require "herb/herb"
   else
     begin
-      require_relative "herb/#{major}.#{minor}/herb"
+      require "herb/#{major}.#{minor}/herb"
     rescue LoadError
-      require_relative "herb/herb"
+      require "herb/herb"
     end
   end
 rescue LoadError => e