diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5c48352..cc050e3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.2.8
+
+* Fix [auth token expiration](https://github.com/oscardelben/firebase-ruby/pull/84) on longer lived Firebase objects.
+
 ## 0.2.7
 
 * Support newer Firebase [authentication method](https://github.com/oscardelben/firebase-ruby/pull/81)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index b003284..0000000
--- a/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0.2.7
diff --git a/firebase.gemspec b/firebase.gemspec
index 15130b9..4eb5216 100644
--- a/firebase.gemspec
+++ b/firebase.gemspec
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
+lib = File.expand_path('../lib', __FILE__)
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
+require 'firebase/version'
+
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = "firebase"
-  s.version = "0.2.7"
+  s.version = Firebase::VERSION
 
   s.require_paths = ["lib"]
-  s.authors = ["Oscar Del Ben"]
-  s.date = "2015-11-26"
+  s.authors = ["Oscar Del Ben", "Vincent Woo"]
+  s.date = "2018-01-28"
   s.description = "Firebase wrapper for Ruby"
   s.email = "info@oscardelben.com"
   s.extra_rdoc_files = [
@@ -15,7 +19,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.files = [
     "lib/firebase.rb",
     "lib/firebase/response.rb",
-    "lib/firebase/server_value.rb"
+    "lib/firebase/server_value.rb",
+    "lib/firebase/version.rb"
   ]
   s.homepage = "http://github.com/oscardelben/firebase-ruby"
   s.licenses = ["MIT"]
diff --git a/lib/firebase/version.rb b/lib/firebase/version.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a7fe04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/firebase/version.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module Firebase
+ VERSION = '0.2.8'.freeze
+end