diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index af8dc3d..aa26148 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # MockRedis Changelog
 
+### 0.27.2
+
+* Switch `ruby2_keywords` gem from development dependency to runtime dependency
+
 ### 0.27.1
 
 * Fix missing `ruby2_keywords` gem
diff --git a/lib/mock_redis/version.rb b/lib/mock_redis/version.rb
index ec3c324..25370b9 100644
--- a/lib/mock_redis/version.rb
+++ b/lib/mock_redis/version.rb
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 # Defines the gem version.
 class MockRedis
-  VERSION = '0.27.1'
+  VERSION = '0.27.2'
 end
diff --git a/mock_redis.gemspec b/mock_redis.gemspec
index 6637447..9f2fc1d 100644
--- a/mock_redis.gemspec
+++ b/mock_redis.gemspec
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.required_ruby_version = '>= 2.4'
 
+  s.add_runtime_dependency 'ruby2_keywords'
+
   s.add_development_dependency 'redis', '~> 4.2.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 3.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec-its', '~> 1.0'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'ruby2_keywords'
   s.add_development_dependency 'timecop', '~> 0.9.1'
 end