diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 42a2c697..dc5f2747 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ pkg/*
 *.pem
 .DS_STORE
 doc
+.ruby-version
diff --git a/.ruby-version b/.ruby-version
deleted file mode 100644
index 0bee604d..00000000
--- a/.ruby-version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-2.3.3
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1a6161d6..1bab3706 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 language: ruby
 rvm:
-    - 2.3.1
+    - 2.3
+    - 2.4
     - ruby-head
 before_script:
     - rake jira:generate_public_cert
-script: bundle exec rake spec
\ No newline at end of file
+script: bundle exec rake spec
diff --git a/lib/jira/version.rb b/lib/jira/version.rb
index 52b6eb13..2912f344 100644
--- a/lib/jira/version.rb
+++ b/lib/jira/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module JIRA
-  VERSION = '1.4.3'
+  VERSION = '1.5.0'
 end