diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 4dca11ea..10fca11f 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 source :rubygems
 gem "term-ansicolor", :require => "term/ansicolor"
-gem "json_pure", ">= 1.4.3"
 gemspec
diff --git a/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.js b/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.js
index 70d7d25e..bd9fd0f9 100644
--- a/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.js
+++ b/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.js
@@ -2472,6 +2472,6 @@ jasmine.version_= {
   "major": 1,
   "minor": 1,
   "build": 0,
-  "revision": 1308618948,
+  "revision": 1308830021,
   "release_candidate": 1
 };
diff --git a/lib/jasmine-core/version.rb b/lib/jasmine-core/version.rb
index 07639a21..3b3f5129 100644
--- a/lib/jasmine-core/version.rb
+++ b/lib/jasmine-core/version.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 module Jasmine
   module Core
-    require 'json'
-    VERSION_HASH = JSON.parse(File.new(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..", "..", "src", "version.json")).read)
-    VERSION = "#{VERSION_HASH['major']}.#{VERSION_HASH['minor']}.#{VERSION_HASH['build']}"
-    VERSION << ".rc#{VERSION_HASH['release_candidate']}" if VERSION_HASH['release_candidate']
+    VERSION = "1.1.0.rc1"
   end
 end
+
diff --git a/src/templates/version.erb b/src/templates/version.js.erb
similarity index 100%
rename from src/templates/version.erb
rename to src/templates/version.js.erb
diff --git a/src/templates/version.rb.erb b/src/templates/version.rb.erb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7fb8433d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/templates/version.rb.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+module Jasmine
+  module Core
+    VERSION = "<%= "#{major}.#{minor}.#{build}" %><%= ".rc#{release_candidate}" if release_candidate %>"
+  end
+end
+
diff --git a/src/version.js b/src/version.js
index d3d1d464..9c3f42d9 100644
--- a/src/version.js
+++ b/src/version.js
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ jasmine.version_= {
   "major": 1,
   "minor": 1,
   "build": 0,
-  "revision": 1308618948,
+  "revision": 1308830021,
   "release_candidate": 1
 };
diff --git a/tasks/build_dist.rb b/tasks/build_dist.rb
index fb6499a3..242fde24 100644
--- a/tasks/build_dist.rb
+++ b/tasks/build_dist.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 desc "Build core jasmine.js"
-task :build_dist => [:lint, :write_version_file] do
+task :build_dist => [:lint, :write_version_files] do
   puts 'Building Jasmine distribution from source'.cyan
 
-  concat_into('lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.js') { core_sources + version_source_file }
-  concat_into('lib/jasmine-core/jasmine-html.js') { html_sources }
+  concat_into('./lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.js') { core_sources + version_source_file }
+  concat_into('./lib/jasmine-core/jasmine-html.js') { html_sources }
 
-  FileUtils.cp('src/html/jasmine.css', 'lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.css')
+  FileUtils.cp('./src/html/jasmine.css', './lib/jasmine-core/jasmine.css')
 end
 
 def concat_into(output_file, &block)
@@ -25,18 +25,22 @@ end
 
 task :hint => :lint
 
-task :write_version_file do
-  template = Tilt.new('src/templates/version.erb')
+task :write_version_files do
   scope = OpenStruct.new(:major => version_hash["major"],
                          :minor => version_hash["minor"],
                          :build => version_hash["build"],
                          :release_candidate => version_hash["release_candidate"],
                          :revision => Time.now.to_i)
 
-  File.open('src/version.js', 'w+') do |f|
-    f << template.render(scope)
+  js_template = Tilt.new('./src/templates/version.js.erb')
+  File.open('./src/version.js', 'w+') do |f|
+    f << js_template.render(scope)
   end
 
+  rb_template = Tilt.new('./src/templates/version.rb.erb')
+  File.open('./lib/jasmine-core/version.rb', 'w+') do |f|
+    f << rb_template.render(scope)
+  end
 end
 
 def version_source_file