diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b04a8c8..5c249f1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@
 
 # rspec failure tracking
 .rspec_status
+
+Gemfile.lock
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index 0df9dad..0000000
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-PATH
-  remote: .
-  specs:
-    aws_secrets_loader (0.2.3)
-      aws-sdk-secretsmanager (~> 1.43)
-
-GEM
-  remote: https://rubygems.org/
-  specs:
-    ast (2.4.1)
-    aws-eventstream (1.1.0)
-    aws-partitions (1.402.0)
-    aws-sdk-core (3.110.0)
-      aws-eventstream (~> 1, >= 1.0.2)
-      aws-partitions (~> 1, >= 1.239.0)
-      aws-sigv4 (~> 1.1)
-      jmespath (~> 1.0)
-    aws-sdk-secretsmanager (1.43.0)
-      aws-sdk-core (~> 3, >= 3.109.0)
-      aws-sigv4 (~> 1.1)
-    aws-sigv4 (1.2.2)
-      aws-eventstream (~> 1, >= 1.0.2)
-    diff-lcs (1.4.4)
-    docile (1.3.2)
-    jmespath (1.4.0)
-    json (2.3.1)
-    parallel (1.20.1)
-    parser (2.7.2.0)
-      ast (~> 2.4.1)
-    rainbow (3.0.0)
-    rake (13.0.1)
-    regexp_parser (2.0.0)
-    rexml (3.2.4)
-    rspec (3.10.0)
-      rspec-core (~> 3.10.0)
-      rspec-expectations (~> 3.10.0)
-      rspec-mocks (~> 3.10.0)
-    rspec-core (3.10.0)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.10.0)
-    rspec-expectations (3.10.0)
-      diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.10.0)
-    rspec-mocks (3.10.0)
-      diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.10.0)
-    rspec-support (3.10.0)
-    rubocop (1.5.2)
-      parallel (~> 1.10)
-      parser (>= 2.7.1.5)
-      rainbow (>= 2.2.2, < 4.0)
-      regexp_parser (>= 1.8, < 3.0)
-      rexml
-      rubocop-ast (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
-      ruby-progressbar (~> 1.7)
-      unicode-display_width (>= 1.4.0, < 2.0)
-    rubocop-ast (1.3.0)
-      parser (>= 2.7.1.5)
-    ruby-progressbar (1.10.1)
-    simplecov (0.17.1)
-      docile (~> 1.1)
-      json (>= 1.8, < 3)
-      simplecov-html (~> 0.10.0)
-    simplecov-html (0.10.2)
-    unicode-display_width (1.7.0)
-
-PLATFORMS
-  ruby
-
-DEPENDENCIES
-  aws_secrets_loader!
-  rake (~> 13.0)
-  rspec (~> 3.0)
-  rubocop (~> 1.1)
-  simplecov (< 0.18)
-
-BUNDLED WITH
-   2.1.4
diff --git a/lib/aws_secrets_loader/version.rb b/lib/aws_secrets_loader/version.rb
index ae17b5d..ed4bbec 100644
--- a/lib/aws_secrets_loader/version.rb
+++ b/lib/aws_secrets_loader/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module AwsSecretsLoader
-  VERSION = '0.2.3'
+  VERSION = '0.2.4'
 end