diff --git a/android-sample-tests/src/main/java/com/octo/android/sample/test/HelloAndroidActivityTest.java b/android-sample-tests/src/main/java/com/octo/android/sample/test/HelloAndroidActivityTest.java
index c14e636..5010683 100644
--- a/android-sample-tests/src/main/java/com/octo/android/sample/test/HelloAndroidActivityTest.java
+++ b/android-sample-tests/src/main/java/com/octo/android/sample/test/HelloAndroidActivityTest.java
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ public HelloAndroidActivityTest() {
         super(HelloAndroidActivity.class);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void setUp() throws Exception {
+        super.setUp();
+        // workaround for https://code.google.com/p/dexmaker/issues/detail?id=2
+        System.setProperty("dexmaker.dexcache", getInstrumentation().getTargetContext().getCacheDir().toString());
+    }
+
     public void testActivity_not_null() {
         assertNotNull(getActivity());
     }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 074db09..22f3196 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 		<dexmaker.version>1.0</dexmaker.version>
 		<dexmaker-mockito.version>1.0</dexmaker-mockito.version>
 		<mockwebserver.version>20130303</mockwebserver.version>
-		<robotium.version>4.0</robotium.version>
+		<robotium.version>4.3.1</robotium.version>
 		<spoon.version>1.0.1</spoon.version>
 		<fest.version>1.0.3</fest.version>
 		<celebrity.version>1.8</celebrity.version>