diff --git a/pavelib/bok_choy.py b/pavelib/bok_choy.py
index 3666864858..5ea785290d 100644
--- a/pavelib/bok_choy.py
+++ b/pavelib/bok_choy.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ http://bok-choy.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
 from paver.easy import task, needs, cmdopts, sh
 from pavelib.utils.test.suites.bokchoy_suite import BokChoyTestSuite
 from pavelib.utils.envs import Env
+from pavelib.utils.test.utils import check_firefox_version
 from optparse import make_option
 
 try:
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ __test__ = False  # do not collect
     make_option("--verbose", action="store_const", const=2, dest="verbosity"),
     make_option("-q", "--quiet", action="store_const", const=0, dest="verbosity"),
     make_option("-v", "--verbosity", action="count", dest="verbosity"),
+    make_option("--skip_firefox_version_validation", action='store_false', dest="validate_firefox_version")
 ])
 def test_bokchoy(options):
     """
@@ -37,6 +39,9 @@ def test_bokchoy(options):
     - path/to/test.py:TestFoo.test_bar
     It can also be left blank to run all tests in the suite.
     """
+    if getattr(options, 'validate_firefox_version', True):
+        check_firefox_version()
+        
     opts = {
         'test_spec': getattr(options, 'test_spec', None),
         'fasttest': getattr(options, 'fasttest', False),
diff --git a/pavelib/utils/test/utils.py b/pavelib/utils/test/utils.py
index d42488557b..4520afacfb 100644
--- a/pavelib/utils/test/utils.py
+++ b/pavelib/utils/test/utils.py
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ Helper functions for test tasks
 from paver.easy import sh, task
 from pavelib.utils.envs import Env
 import os
+import subprocess
 
 MONGO_PORT_NUM = int(os.environ.get('EDXAPP_TEST_MONGO_PORT', '27017'))
 MONGO_HOST = os.environ.get('EDXAPP_TEST_MONGO_HOST', 'localhost')
 
-
 __test__ = False  # do not collect
 
 
@@ -53,3 +53,23 @@ def clean_mongo():
         port=MONGO_PORT_NUM,
         repo_root=Env.REPO_ROOT,
     ))
+
+def check_firefox_version():
+    """
+    Check that firefox is the correct version.
+    """
+    expected_firefox_ver = "Mozilla Firefox 28.0"
+    firefox_ver = subprocess.check_output("firefox --version", shell=True).strip()
+
+    if firefox_ver != expected_firefox_ver:
+        raise Exception(
+            'Required firefox version not found.\n\n'
+            'To install the required version:\n'
+            'As the root user in devstack, run the following:\n\n'
+            '\t$ sudo wget -O /tmp/firefox_28.deb https://s3.amazonaws.com/vagrant.testeng.edx.org/firefox_28.0%2Bbuild2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_amd64.deb\n'
+            '\t$ sudo gdebi -nq /tmp/firefox_28.deb\n\n'
+            'Confirm the new version:\n'
+            '\t$ firefox --version\n'
+            '\t{version}'.format(version=expected_firefox_ver)
+        )
+
diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.txt b/requirements/edx/base.txt
index a8eacf20d1..3b9ac7491d 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.txt
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ pep8==1.4.5
 pylint==0.28
 python-subunit==0.0.16
 rednose==0.3
-selenium==2.39.0
+selenium==2.42.1
 splinter==0.5.4
 testtools==0.9.34
 
diff --git a/requirements/edx/github.txt b/requirements/edx/github.txt
index 948ea45186..7d0417b436 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/github.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/github.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 -e git+https://github.com/edx/django-waffle.git@823a102e48#egg=django-waffle
 -e git+https://github.com/edx/event-tracking.git@0.1.0#egg=event-tracking
 -e git+https://github.com/edx/edx-analytics-data-api-client.git@0.1.0#egg=edx-analytics-data-api-client
--e git+https://github.com/edx/bok-choy.git@15756f029016e033c658380f77218fe8467948b5#egg=bok_choy
+-e git+https://github.com/edx/bok-choy.git@2e6eab960a97fe41778292fe8e1b2f0b69a1be2d#egg=bok_choy
 -e git+https://github.com/edx-solutions/django-splash.git@7579d052afcf474ece1239153cffe1c89935bc4f#egg=django-splash
 -e git+https://github.com/edx/acid-block.git@459aff7b63db8f2c5decd1755706c1a64fb4ebb1#egg=acid-xblock
 -e git+https://github.com/edx/edx-ora2.git@release-2014-08-08T13.47#egg=edx-ora2