diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 4152d2a9fd8a8bcaeebb25ff370e33054c787c64..d2a588e5f1d18463701364efd83b6ad928376de1 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ group :test do
 
   gem "capybara",           "2.4.4"
   gem "database_cleaner" ,  "1.4.1"
-  gem "selenium-webdriver", "2.46.2"
+  gem "selenium-webdriver", "2.47.1"
 
   # General helpers
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 78644619f85e389725d447d572b9b3dd1e99f1f9..6526c7f5bb8ef3b7c1c9dc99fb390561623d2525 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ GEM
     sawyer (0.6.0)
       addressable (~> 2.3.5)
       faraday (~> 0.8, < 0.10)
-    selenium-webdriver (2.46.2)
+    selenium-webdriver (2.47.1)
       childprocess (~> 0.5)
       multi_json (~> 1.0)
       rubyzip (~> 1.0)
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   ruby-oembed (= 0.8.14)
   rubyzip (= 1.1.7)
   sass-rails (= 5.0.1)
-  selenium-webdriver (= 2.46.2)
+  selenium-webdriver (= 2.47.1)
   shoulda-matchers (= 2.8.0)
   sidekiq (= 3.4.2)
   sidetiq (= 0.6.3)
diff --git a/features/step_definitions/aspects_steps.rb b/features/step_definitions/aspects_steps.rb
index 4bc883209da426f12e0cd5a9dfb684fd6820495d..f9126e628ebe8dd154e847aa79dce255bd83cce1 100644
--- a/features/step_definitions/aspects_steps.rb
+++ b/features/step_definitions/aspects_steps.rb
@@ -93,9 +93,16 @@ When /^I drag "([^"]*)" (up|down)$/ do |aspect_name, direction|
   aspect = find(:xpath, "//div[@id='aspect_nav']/ul/a[@data-aspect-id='#{aspect_id}']")
   target = direction == "up" ? aspect.all(:xpath, "./preceding-sibling::a").last :
                                aspect.all(:xpath, "./following-sibling::a").first
-  aspect.drag_to(target)
+  browser = aspect.base.driver.browser
+  mouse = browser.mouse
+  native_aspect = aspect.base.native
+  native_target = target.base.native
+  mouse.down native_aspect
+  mouse.move_to native_target, native_target.size.width / 2, 0
+  sleep 1
+  mouse.up
   expect(page).to have_no_css "#aspect_nav .ui-sortable.syncing"
-end
+ end
 
 And /^I toggle the aspect "([^"]*)"$/ do |name|
   toggle_aspect(name)