diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-gem.yml b/.github/workflows/release-gem.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f05e6f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-gem.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: Release Ruby Gem
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [created]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    
+    - name: Set up Ruby
+      uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
+      with:
+        ruby-version: '3.2'
+        bundler-cache: true
+    
+    - name: Build gem
+      run: |
+        gem build *.gemspec
+    
+    - name: Upload gem to release
+      run: |
+        gem_file=$(ls *.gem | head -n 1)
+        gh release upload ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }} $gem_file
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c1c4966..9fb3d2a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,7 @@
 *.a
 mkmf.log
 .vagrant
+.envrc
+.direnv
+.idea
+*.gem
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 48f8eb4..df90d67 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
 # Specify your gem's dependencies in vagrant-env.gemspec
-gemspec
+
 
 group :development do
   gem "vagrant", git: "https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant.git"
-  gem 'rake', '~> 10.0'
+  gem 'rake', '= 13.0.6'
 end
 
 group :plugins do
-  gem "vagrant-env", path: "."
+  gemspec
 end
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 51282a1..7c644b1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@ $ vagrant plugin install vagrant-env
 
 To install an older version of the plugin use `vagrant plugin install vagrant-env --plugin-version VERSION`
 
+## Building and installing from source
+```sh
+git clone https://github.com/Meantub/vagrant-env.git
+cd ./vagrant-env
+gem build vagrant-env.gemspec
+vagrant plugin install ./vagrant-env-{VERSION}.gem
+```
+
 ## Usage
 
 After installing, add your application configuration to your .env file in the root of your project
diff --git a/lib/vagrant-env/version.rb b/lib/vagrant-env/version.rb
index d4b7a55..27c5b2a 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-env/version.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-env/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module VagrantPlugins
   module Env
-    VERSION = "0.0.3"
+    VERSION = "0.0.5"
   end
 end
diff --git a/vagrant-env.gemspec b/vagrant-env.gemspec
index 70bcaad..3863532 100644
--- a/vagrant-env.gemspec
+++ b/vagrant-env.gemspec
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
                       lib/vagrant-env/config.rb
                       lib/vagrant-env/plugin.rb)
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency     "dotenv", "~> 0.9"
-  spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", "~> 1.6"
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency     "dotenv", "= 2.8.1"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", "= 2.4.19"
 end