diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 67254cd1..c51d4db5 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    memcached (1.9.0)
+    vinted-memcached (1.8.5)
 
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   activesupport
   dalli
   memcache-client
-  memcached!
   mocha
   rake
   rake-compiler
   remix-stash (~> 1.1.3)
   stackprof
   test-unit
+  vinted-memcached!
 
 BUNDLED WITH
    2.1.4
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index d312aac4..3de55ea8 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -58,3 +58,8 @@ def run(cmd, reason)
   puts cmd
   raise "'#{cmd}' failed" unless system(cmd)
 end
+
+task :version do
+  require 'memcached/version'
+  puts Memcached::VERSION
+end
diff --git a/lib/memcached/version.rb b/lib/memcached/version.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6e3d7e36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/memcached/version.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+class Memcached
+  VERSION = '1.8.5'
+end
diff --git a/memcached.gemspec b/memcached.gemspec
index ca5b63d4..a0052ae4 100644
--- a/memcached.gemspec
+++ b/memcached.gemspec
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
 
+require_relative 'lib/memcached/version'
+
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
-  s.name = "memcached"
-  s.version = "1.9.0"
+  s.name = "vinted-memcached"
+  s.version = Memcached::VERSION
 
   s.authors = ["Arthur Neves", "Evan Weaver"]
   s.email = "arthurnn@gmail.com"