diff --git a/lib/webrat.rb b/lib/webrat.rb
index dac92dc4..eed29bb9 100644
--- a/lib/webrat.rb
+++ b/lib/webrat.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 require "nokogiri"
 
 module Webrat
-  VERSION = "0.7.1"
+  VERSION = "0.7.2.pre"
 
   autoload :MechanizeAdapter, "webrat/adapters/mechanize"
   autoload :MerbAdapter, "webrat/adapters/merb"
diff --git a/webrat.gemspec b/webrat.gemspec
index 881ff085..ed448da4 100644
--- a/webrat.gemspec
+++ b/webrat.gemspec
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = %q{webrat}
-  s.version = "0.7.1"
+  s.version = "0.7.2.pre"
 
-  s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
+  s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new("> 1.3.1") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["Bryan Helmkamp"]
   s.date = %q{2010-04-26}
   s.description = %q{Webrat lets you quickly write expressive and robust acceptance tests