diff --git a/akka-core/src/test/scala/AgentUtilTest.scala b/akka-core/src/test/scala/AgentUtilTest.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..348bf52a2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-core/src/test/scala/AgentUtilTest.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package se.scalablesolutions.akka.actor
+
+import org.scalatest.Suite
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
+import org.scalatest.matchers.MustMatchers
+import org.junit.{Before, After, Test}
+import java.util.concurrent.{ CountDownLatch, TimeUnit }
+
+@RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
+class ActorUtilTest extends junit.framework.TestCase with Suite with MustMatchers {
+  import Actor._
+  @Test def testSpawn = {
+    val latch = new CountDownLatch(1)
+
+    spawn {
+	  latch.countDown
+    }
+
+    val done = latch.await(5,TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+    done must be (true)
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/project/build/AkkaProject.scala b/project/build/AkkaProject.scala
index 98463de6b4..e17258ec54 100644
--- a/project/build/AkkaProject.scala
+++ b/project/build/AkkaProject.scala
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class AkkaParent(info: ProjectInfo) extends DefaultProject(info) {
   val ATMO_VERSION = "0.5.4"
   val CASSANDRA_VERSION = "0.5.0"
   val LIFT_VERSION = "2.0-scala280-SNAPSHOT"
-  val SCALATEST_VERSION = "1.0.1-for-scala-2.8.0.Beta1-with-test-interfaces-0.3-SNAPSHOT"
+  val SCALATEST_VERSION = "1.2-for-scala-2.8.0.RC2-SNAPSHOT"
 
   // ------------------------------------------------------------
   lazy val deployPath = info.projectPath / "deploy"