diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7de750e..1a78198 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 /pkg/
 /spec/reports/
 /tmp/
+.idea
 
 # rspec failure tracking
 .rspec_status
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6403840..0c8b29b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ Inspired by [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 Note: this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.2.5] - 2025-05-08
+### Fixed
+- Updated `rexml` dependency to avoid security issues
+
+## [0.2.4] - 2025-05-08
+### Fixed
+- Fixed `--prune` to properly remove files in the rendered directory
+
 ## [0.2.3] - 2025-03-25
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed `--variable-override` to accept multiple arguments to override multiple variables
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index f3b8de2..f9209b7 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    kubernetes_template_rendering (0.2.3)
+    kubernetes_template_rendering (0.2.5)
       activesupport (< 8)
       invoca-utils
       jsonnet
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ GEM
     rainbow (3.1.1)
     rake (13.2.1)
     regexp_parser (2.9.0)
-    rexml (3.3.0)
-      strscan
+    rexml (3.4.1)
     rspec (3.13.0)
       rspec-core (~> 3.13.0)
       rspec-expectations (~> 3.13.0)
@@ -86,7 +85,6 @@ GEM
       simplecov_json_formatter (~> 0.1)
     simplecov-html (0.12.3)
     simplecov_json_formatter (0.1.4)
-    strscan (3.1.0)
     tzinfo (2.0.6)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     unicode-display_width (2.5.0)
diff --git a/lib/kubernetes_template_rendering/resource_set.rb b/lib/kubernetes_template_rendering/resource_set.rb
index 63ff27a..2ec6741 100644
--- a/lib/kubernetes_template_rendering/resource_set.rb
+++ b/lib/kubernetes_template_rendering/resource_set.rb
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ def prune_directory(directory)
           The `prune` flag is set to true, #{Color.green('pruning')} directory #{Color.magenta(directory)} before rendering
 
         MESSAGE
-        FileUtils.rm_rf("#{directory}/*")
+        FileUtils.rm_rf(directory)
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/kubernetes_template_rendering/version.rb b/lib/kubernetes_template_rendering/version.rb
index e1746b4..d7e91c1 100644
--- a/lib/kubernetes_template_rendering/version.rb
+++ b/lib/kubernetes_template_rendering/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module KubernetesTemplateRendering
-  VERSION = "0.2.3"
+  VERSION = "0.2.5"
 end
diff --git a/spec/kubernetes_template_rendering/resource_set_spec.rb b/spec/kubernetes_template_rendering/resource_set_spec.rb
index 86b7908..11d2a62 100644
--- a/spec/kubernetes_template_rendering/resource_set_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/kubernetes_template_rendering/resource_set_spec.rb
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 
         it "prunes the directory" do
           expect(FileUtils).to_not receive(:mkdir_p)
-          expect(FileUtils).to receive(:rm_rf).with("#{expanded_output_directory}/*")
+          expect(FileUtils).to receive(:rm_rf).with(expanded_output_directory)
           resource_set.render(args)
         end
       end