diff --git a/.github/workflows/automatic-api-update.yaml b/.github/workflows/automatic-api-update.yaml
index 8bd6cae..ccc1317 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/automatic-api-update.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/automatic-api-update.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Install ruby and dependencies"
         uses: "ruby/setup-ruby@v1"
         with:
-          ruby-version: "3.3.0"
           bundler-cache: true
       - name: "Update package version"
         uses: authzed/actions/semver-update@main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index f1ef410..2f55992 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
       - uses: "ruby/setup-ruby@v1"
         with:
-          ruby-version: "3.3.5"
           bundler-cache: true
       - uses: "authzed/action-spicedb@v1"
       - name: "Install dependencies"
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
       - uses: "ruby/setup-ruby@v1"
         with:
-          ruby-version: "3.3.5"
           bundler-cache: true
       - uses: "arduino/setup-protoc@v3"
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual-api-update.yaml b/.github/workflows/manual-api-update.yaml
index dc5a23a..b3cdc2f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manual-api-update.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual-api-update.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Install ruby and dependencies"
         uses: "ruby/setup-ruby@v1"
         with:
-          ruby-version: "3.3.0"
           bundler-cache: true
       - name: "Update package version"
         uses: authzed/actions/semver-update@main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
index 55ce379..b42c769 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
@@ -12,14 +12,22 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Set up Ruby"
         uses: "ruby/setup-ruby@v1"
         with:
-          ruby-version: "3.3.0"
           bundler-cache: true
       - name: "Install deps"
         run: |
           gem install bundler
           bundle install
-      - name: "Build and publish to Rubygems"
-        uses: "cadwallion/publish-rubygems-action@v1.1.0"
+      # Set the version at release time
+      - name: Write release version
+        run: |
+          VERSION=${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}
+          echo Version: $VERSION
+          echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Set version within package
+        run: "bundle exec bump set ${VERSION} --no-commit"
+      - name: "Build the package"
+        run: "bundle exec rake build"
+      - name: "Publish the package"
+        run: "bundle exec gem push pkg/*.gem"
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
-          RUBYGEMS_API_KEY : "${{ secrets.RUBYGEMS_API_KEY }}"
+          GEM_HOST_API_KEY : "${{ secrets.RUBYGEMS_API_KEY }}"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f1ebd46..00cc406 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 lib/authzed/api/v0/
 lib/authzed/api/v1alpha1/
+pkg
 .bundle
 vendor
+# This is intentionally omitted.
+Gemfile.lock
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 628f26d..6e6ba91 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 source "https://rubygems.org"
 
+# NOTE: this tells bundle to look at the gemspec
+# file for information about dependencies etc.
 gemspec
-
-group :development, :test do
-  gem "rake"
-end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index 6604faa..0000000
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-PATH
-  remote: .
-  specs:
-    authzed (0.12.0)
-      grpc (~> 1.41)
-      grpc-tools (~> 1.41)
-
-GEM
-  remote: https://rubygems.org/
-  specs:
-    bigdecimal (3.1.8)
-    diff-lcs (1.5.1)
-    google-protobuf (4.28.2)
-      bigdecimal
-      rake (>= 13)
-    googleapis-common-protos-types (1.16.0)
-      google-protobuf (>= 3.18, < 5.a)
-    grpc (1.66.0)
-      google-protobuf (>= 3.25, < 5.0)
-      googleapis-common-protos-types (~> 1.0)
-    grpc-tools (1.66.0)
-    rake (13.2.1)
-    rspec (3.13.0)
-      rspec-core (~> 3.13.0)
-      rspec-expectations (~> 3.13.0)
-      rspec-mocks (~> 3.13.0)
-    rspec-core (3.13.1)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.13.0)
-    rspec-expectations (3.13.3)
-      diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.13.0)
-    rspec-mocks (3.13.2)
-      diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.13.0)
-    rspec-support (3.13.1)
-
-PLATFORMS
-  ruby
-
-DEPENDENCIES
-  authzed!
-  rake
-  rspec (~> 3.0)
-
-BUNDLED WITH
-   2.2.8
diff --git a/authzed.gemspec b/authzed.gemspec
index 7861e8d..4c3990c 100644
--- a/authzed.gemspec
+++ b/authzed.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name        = "authzed"
-  s.version     = "0.12.0"
+  # NOTE: version is managed programmatically at release time
+  # and reflects the associated git tag.
+  s.version     = "1.0.0"
   s.licenses    = ["Apache-2.0"]
   s.summary     = "Ruby bindings for Authzed API"
   s.description = "Authzed is the best way to build robust and scalable permissions systems. See https://authzed.com for more details."
@@ -18,5 +20,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_runtime_dependency "grpc", "~> 1.41"
   s.add_runtime_dependency "grpc-tools", "~> 1.41"
 
-  s.add_development_dependency "rspec", "~> 3.0"
+  s.add_development_dependency "rspec", "~> 3"
+  s.add_development_dependency "rake", "~> 13"
+  s.add_development_dependency "bump", "~> 0.10"
 end