diff --git a/lib/onelogin/ruby-saml/version.rb b/lib/onelogin/ruby-saml/version.rb
index c78fefb52..64bd0d503 100644
--- a/lib/onelogin/ruby-saml/version.rb
+++ b/lib/onelogin/ruby-saml/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Onelogin
   module Saml
-    VERSION = '0.5.0'
+    VERSION = '0.5.1'
   end
 end
diff --git a/ruby-saml.gemspec b/ruby-saml.gemspec
index 48383e665..63432401d 100644
--- a/ruby-saml.gemspec
+++ b/ruby-saml.gemspec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["OneLogin LLC"]
-  s.date = %q{2011-06-30}
+  s.date = Time.now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
   s.description = %q{SAML toolkit for Ruby on Rails}
   s.email = %q{support@onelogin.com}
   s.extra_rdoc_files = [