diff --git a/.swift-version b/.swift-version
deleted file mode 100644
index bf77d549..00000000
--- a/.swift-version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-4.2
diff --git a/ReachabilitySwift.podspec b/ReachabilitySwift.podspec
index 045d8638..60090a25 100644
--- a/ReachabilitySwift.podspec
+++ b/ReachabilitySwift.podspec
@@ -22,4 +22,5 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.ios.framework    = 'CoreTelephony'
 
   s.requires_arc = true
+  s.swift_version = '5.0'
 end