diff --git a/metadata-json-lint.gemspec b/metadata-json-lint.gemspec
index d7628cb..253f79a 100644
--- a/metadata-json-lint.gemspec
+++ b/metadata-json-lint.gemspec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name        = 'metadata-json-lint'
   s.version     = '1.0.0'
-  s.date        = '2016-10-19'
+  s.date        = Date.today.to_s
   s.summary     = 'metadata-json-lint /path/to/metadata.json'
   s.description = 'Utility to verify Puppet metadata.json files'
   s.authors     = ['Vox Pupuli']