diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d28ab3a..8a743c8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 language: ruby
 rvm:
-  - 1.9.3
   - 2.1.3
   - 2.2.5
   - 2.3.1
@@ -8,4 +7,4 @@ script: bundle exec rspec
 before_script: cp spec/api_key.travis.rb spec/api_key.rb
 after_script: rm spec/api_key.rb
 before_install:
-  - gem install bundler -v 1.14.4
+  - gem install bundler -v 1.14.6
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 730f0af..b9e7a09 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## 1.0.0
+
+- Upgraded httparty 0.14.0 -> 0.15.6
+- Dropped support for Ruby 1.9.x (required for the httparty upgrade)
+- Upgraded RSpec 3.5.0 -> 3.6.0
+
 ## 0.34.2
 
 - Add the `matched_substrings` attribute to the Prediction results (for autocomplete results)
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 4d2685f..fbbbabb 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    google_places (0.34.2)
-      httparty (>= 0.13.1, < 0.14.1)
+    google_places (1.0.0)
+      httparty (>= 0.13.1)
 
 GEM
   remote: http://rubygems.org/
@@ -11,23 +11,23 @@ GEM
     crack (0.4.3)
       safe_yaml (~> 1.0.0)
     diff-lcs (1.3)
-    hashdiff (0.3.2)
-    httparty (0.14.0)
+    hashdiff (0.3.7)
+    httparty (0.15.6)
       multi_xml (>= 0.5.2)
     multi_xml (0.6.0)
-    rspec (3.5.0)
-      rspec-core (~> 3.5.0)
-      rspec-expectations (~> 3.5.0)
-      rspec-mocks (~> 3.5.0)
-    rspec-core (3.5.4)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.5.0)
-    rspec-expectations (3.5.0)
+    rspec (3.6.0)
+      rspec-core (~> 3.6.0)
+      rspec-expectations (~> 3.6.0)
+      rspec-mocks (~> 3.6.0)
+    rspec-core (3.6.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.6.0)
+    rspec-expectations (3.6.0)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.5.0)
-    rspec-mocks (3.5.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.6.0)
+    rspec-mocks (3.6.0)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.5.0)
-    rspec-support (3.5.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.6.0)
+    rspec-support (3.6.0)
     safe_yaml (1.0.4)
     vcr (2.9.3)
     webmock (1.24.6)
diff --git a/google_places.gemspec b/google_places.gemspec
index 7838845..7099b45 100644
--- a/google_places.gemspec
+++ b/google_places.gemspec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ $:.push File.expand_path('../lib', __FILE__)
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name        = 'google_places'
-  s.version     = '0.34.2'
+  s.version     = '1.0.0'
   s.platform    = Gem::Platform::RUBY
   s.authors     = ['Marcel de Graaf']
   s.email       = ['mail@marceldegraaf.net']
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.executables   = `git ls-files -- bin/*`.split("\n").map{ |f| File.basename(f) }
   s.require_paths = ['lib']
 
-  s.add_dependency 'httparty',                ['>= 0.13.1', '< 0.14.1']
+  s.add_dependency 'httparty',                '>= 0.13.1'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec',       '~> 3.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'addressable', '~> 2.4.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'webmock',     '~> 1.18'