diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b803332a..e3746243 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 *.pyc
+pkg/
 bin
 .bundle
 Gemfile.lock
diff --git a/github-markup.gemspec b/github-markup.gemspec
index 71e8eb28..2957dc40 100644
--- a/github-markup.gemspec
+++ b/github-markup.gemspec
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require File.expand_path("../lib/github-markup", __FILE__)
+
 ## This is the rakegem gemspec template. Make sure you read and understand
 ## all of the comments. Some sections require modification, and others can
 ## be deleted if you don't need them. Once you understand the contents of
@@ -13,8 +15,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   ## If your rubyforge_project name is different, then edit it and comment out
   ## the sub! line in the Rakefile
   s.name              = 'github-markup'
-  s.version           = '0.7.6'
-  s.date              = '2013-09-12'
+  s.version           = GitHub::Markup::VERSION
+  s.date              = '2013-09-23'
   s.executables       = ['github-markup']
 
   ## Make sure your summary is short. The description may be as long
diff --git a/lib/github-markup.rb b/lib/github-markup.rb
index 896d7eea..1a3570c2 100644
--- a/lib/github-markup.rb
+++ b/lib/github-markup.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module GitHub
   module Markup
-    VERSION = '0.7.6'
+    VERSION = '0.7.7'
     Version = VERSION
   end
 end