The fact that renewal of fear can be due to a contextual mismatch between the exposure treatment context and the context where subsequent re-encountering occurs suggests that exposure does not completely remove the underlying fear associations. Conducting exposure in a context that is similar to the re-encounter context may be an effective method of attenuating renewal of fear. The current study examined the effects of context similarity using a single session in-vivo exposure in a sample of 61 moderate to high spider fearful first year psychology students at Griffith University (mean age was 25.36 years). Participants received standardised, in-vivo exposure with a golden orb spider. Fear was measured using self-report, behavioural avoidance, and heart rate measures. Four different contexts were utilised for this study with two being located indoors and two located outdoors. Self-reported fear ratings and heart rate showed that conducting exposure in contexts that are similar to subsequent re-encounter contexts attenuated renewal. This study shows how a simple modification to the exposure process can enhance the long-term cross contextual generalizability of exposure treatment in spider fearful individuals.