diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3913cd3..8e34242 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
 language: ruby
-# NOTE: temporary workaround for Rubygems issue #763
-before_install:
-  - gem update --system 2.1.11
-  - gem --version
 rvm:
   - 2.1.0
   - 2.0.0
   - 1.9.3
   - 1.9.2
-  - 1.8.7
-  - ree
 notifications:
-  email: false
\ No newline at end of file
+  email: false
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ed6a818..044b128 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.1.11a
+0.2.0a