diff --git a/actionpack/Rakefile b/actionpack/Rakefile
index 1b1d9a1763cabacedb05cf91d5fa4c1643b3ff3d..2bf28ff927b4e0d9dfddeed48b74760ab70e063a 100644
--- a/actionpack/Rakefile
+++ b/actionpack/Rakefile
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ require 'rake/testtask'
 require 'rake/rdoctask'
 require 'rake/packagetask'
 require 'rake/gempackagetask'
-require 'rake/contrib/rubyforgepublisher'
 require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'lib', 'action_pack', 'version')
 
 PKG_BUILD     = ENV['PKG_BUILD'] ? '.' + ENV['PKG_BUILD'] : ''
@@ -144,6 +143,7 @@ end
 desc "Publish the release files to RubyForge."
 task :release => [ :package ] do
   require 'rubyforge'
+  require 'rake/contrib/rubyforgepublisher'
 
   packages = %w( gem tgz zip ).collect{ |ext| "pkg/#{PKG_NAME}-#{PKG_VERSION}.#{ext}" }