diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e69de29..07110de 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## 1.0.1
+ - Force dependency on filewatch >= 0.6.5 that fixes a sincedb bug
+ - Better documentation and error handling regarding the "sincedb_path" parameter
diff --git a/logstash-input-file.gemspec b/logstash-input-file.gemspec
index a21ea89..456e040 100644
--- a/logstash-input-file.gemspec
+++ b/logstash-input-file.gemspec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.name            = 'logstash-input-file'
-  s.version         = '1.0.0'
+  s.version         = '1.0.1'
   s.licenses        = ['Apache License (2.0)']
   s.summary         = "Stream events from files."
   s.description     = "This gem is a logstash plugin required to be installed on top of the Logstash core pipeline using $LS_HOME/bin/plugin install gemname. This gem is not a stand-alone program"
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'logstash-codec-plain'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'addressable'
-  s.add_runtime_dependency 'filewatch', ['>= 0.6.4', '~> 0.6']
+  s.add_runtime_dependency 'filewatch', ['>= 0.6.5', '~> 0.6']
 
   s.add_development_dependency 'stud', ['~> 0.0.19']
   s.add_development_dependency 'logstash-devutils'