diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index eb6a924..35b45bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
           ruby-version: ${{ matrix.ruby }}
           bundler-cache: true
       - name: Verify gem builds
-        run: gem build *.gemspec
+        run: gem build --strict --verbose *.gemspec
       # Currently no tests are defined in this gem
       # - name: Run spec tests
       #   run: bundle exec rake
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 2cce833..fcc9fbd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           BUNDLE_WITHOUT: release
       - name: Build gem
-        run: gem build *.gemspec
+        run: gem build --strict --verbose *.gemspec
       - name: Publish gem to rubygems.org
         run: gem push *.gem
         env:
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index cfd4a35..bdee17f 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ group :acceptance_testing do
   gem 'beaker', *location_for(ENV.fetch('BEAKER_VERSION', '~> 4.0'))
 end
 
-group :release do
-  gem 'github_changelog_generator', require: false
+group :release, optional: true do
+  gem 'faraday-retry', '~> 2.1', require: false
+  gem 'github_changelog_generator', '~> 1.16.4', require: false
 end
diff --git a/beaker-google.gemspec b/beaker-google.gemspec
index 4492a87..6bbc581 100644
--- a/beaker-google.gemspec
+++ b/beaker-google.gemspec
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.homepage    = 'https://github.com/voxpupuli/beaker-google'
   s.summary     = 'Beaker DSL Extension Helpers!'
   s.description = 'Google Compute Engine support for the Beaker acceptance testing tool.'
-  s.license     = 'Apache2'
+  s.license     = 'Apache-2.0'
 
   s.files         = `git ls-files`.split("\n")
   s.executables   = `git ls-files -- bin/*`.split("\n").map { |f| File.basename(f) }
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency 'pry', '~> 0.10'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 13.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 3.0'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'rspec-its'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'simplecov'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rspec-its', '~> 1.3'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'simplecov', '~> 0.22.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'voxpupuli-rubocop', '~> 2.7.0'
 
   # Documentation dependencies
-  s.add_development_dependency 'thin'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'yard'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'thin', '~> 1.8', '>= 1.8.2'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'yard', '~> 0.9.36'
 
   # Run time dependencies
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'stringify-hash', '~> 0.0.0'