diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 3e907fc..309fb26 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 = rufus-tokyo CHANGELOG.txt
 
 
+== rufus-tokyo - 1.0.7    released 2010/02/10
+
+- gh #30 : removed hard dependency on ffi so that JRuby installs stop failing.
+
+
 == rufus-tokyo - 1.0.6    released 2010/02/01
 
 - gh #29 : segfault when getdup(unknown_key). Fixed, thanks Dmitry
diff --git a/CREDITS.txt b/CREDITS.txt
index e5e6abd..d4f75bf 100644
--- a/CREDITS.txt
+++ b/CREDITS.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Mark 'mebaran'  http://github.com/mebaran
 
 == feedback / support
 
+Anthony Buck - hard dependency on ffi for JRuby
 Dmitry A. Ustalov  http://github.com/eveel
 Aaron Zhang  free/tcfree issue
 Swerling  http://github.com/swerling
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index e19c232..217c628 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ Finally rufus-tokyo includes ffi-based interfaces to Tokyo Dystopia (thanks to J
 
   gem.test_file = 'spec/spec.rb'
 
-  gem.add_dependency 'ffi'
+  #gem.add_dependency 'ffi'
+  gem.add_development_dependency 'ffi'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'yard', '>= 0'
 
   #gem.files = Dir['lib/**/*.rb'] + Dir['*.txt'] - [ 'lib/tokyotyrant.rb' ]
diff --git a/lib/rufus/tokyo/version.rb b/lib/rufus/tokyo/version.rb
index 70c032c..da11a30 100644
--- a/lib/rufus/tokyo/version.rb
+++ b/lib/rufus/tokyo/version.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 module Rufus
 module Tokyo
 
-  VERSION = '1.0.6'
+  VERSION = '1.0.7'
 end
 end
 
diff --git a/rufus-tokyo.gemspec b/rufus-tokyo.gemspec
index 61258f5..cb061de 100644
--- a/rufus-tokyo.gemspec
+++ b/rufus-tokyo.gemspec
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = %q{rufus-tokyo}
-  s.version = "1.0.6"
+  s.version = "1.0.7"
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["John Mettraux", "Zev Blut", "Jeremy Hinegardner", "James Edward Gray II"]
-  s.date = %q{2010-02-01}
+  s.date = %q{2010-02-10}
   s.description = %q{
 Ruby-ffi based lib to access Tokyo Cabinet and Tyrant.
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ Finally rufus-tokyo includes ffi-based interfaces to Tokyo Dystopia (thanks to J
     s.specification_version = 3
 
     if Gem::Version.new(Gem::RubyGemsVersion) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
-      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<ffi>, [">= 0"])
+      s.add_development_dependency(%q<ffi>, [">= 0"])
       s.add_development_dependency(%q<yard>, [">= 0"])
     else
       s.add_dependency(%q<ffi>, [">= 0"])