diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 7f0ff75..99ca2a1 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    open_fda_api (0.0.13)
+    open_fda_api (0.1.0)
       faraday (~> 2.0)
 
 GEM
diff --git a/lib/open_fda_api/version.rb b/lib/open_fda_api/version.rb
index e3b17d7..54ef326 100644
--- a/lib/open_fda_api/version.rb
+++ b/lib/open_fda_api/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module OpenFdaApi
-  VERSION = "0.0.13"
+  VERSION = "0.1.0"
 end
diff --git a/open_fda_api.gemspec b/open_fda_api.gemspec
index 5406b18..2623df0 100644
--- a/open_fda_api.gemspec
+++ b/open_fda_api.gemspec
@@ -9,16 +9,17 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.email         = ["hebrontgeorge@gmail.com"]
 
   spec.summary       = "Ruby wrapper for the openFDA API: https://open.fda.gov/apis/"
+  spec.description   = "A Ruby gem for interacting with the openFDA API, providing access to drugs, " \
+                       "devices, food, tobacco, animal & veterinary, and other FDA datasets."
   spec.homepage      = "https://github.com/hebron-george/open_fda_api"
   spec.license       = "MIT"
   spec.required_ruby_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 3.1.0")
 
-  spec.metadata["homepage_uri"] = spec.homepage
-  spec.metadata["source_code_uri"] = spec.homepage
-  spec.metadata["changelog_uri"] = "#{spec.homepage}/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md"
+  spec.metadata["homepage_uri"]        = spec.homepage
+  spec.metadata["source_code_uri"]     = spec.homepage
+  spec.metadata["changelog_uri"]       = "#{spec.homepage}/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md"
+  spec.metadata["rubygems_mfa_required"] = "true"
 
-  # Specify which files should be added to the gem when it is released.
-  # The `git ls-files -z` loads the files in the RubyGem that have been added into git.
   spec.files = Dir.chdir(File.expand_path(__dir__)) do
     `git ls-files -z`.split("\x0").reject { |f| f.match(%r{\A(?:test|spec|features)/}) }
   end
@@ -26,10 +27,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.executables   = spec.files.grep(%r{\Aexe/}) { |f| File.basename(f) }
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
-  # Uncomment to register a new dependency of your gem
   spec.add_dependency "faraday", "~> 2.0"
-
-  # For more information and examples about making a new gem, checkout our
-  # guide at: https://bundler.io/guides/creating_gem.html
-  spec.metadata["rubygems_mfa_required"] = "true"
 end