diff --git a/statsd-ruby.gemspec b/statsd-ruby.gemspec
index a94777e..de0d9c9 100644
--- a/statsd-ruby.gemspec
+++ b/statsd-ruby.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
 
-Gem::Specification.new("statsd-ruby", "1.4.0") do |s|
+Gem::Specification.new("statsd-ruby", "1.5.0") do |s|
   s.authors =  `git log --format='%aN' | sort -u`.split("\n")
   s.email = "reinh@reinh.com"
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new("statsd-ruby", "1.4.0") do |s|
     s.test_files    = s.files.grep(%r{^(test|spec|features)/})
   end
 
-  s.add_development_dependency "minitest", ">= 3.2.0"
+  s.add_development_dependency "minitest", ">= 5.6.0"
   s.add_development_dependency "yard"
   s.add_development_dependency "simplecov", ">= 0.6.4"
   s.add_development_dependency "rake"