diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_release_pipeline.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_release_pipeline.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95eca532
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_release_pipeline.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+name: Build and release ruby gem
+
+on:
+  pull_request: 
+    branches: [ v1.8.x ]
+  push:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build-release-pipeline:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
+        with:
+          ruby-version: 2.7.2
+          rubygems: 3.1.4
+          bundler-cache: true
+
+      - name: Build
+        id: build
+        if: success()
+        run: |
+          gem build memcached.gemspec
+          echo "::set-output name=gem_version::v$(bundle exec rake version)"
+
+      - name: Release
+        if: success() && github.ref == 'refs/heads/v1.8.x'
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p $HOME/.gem
+          touch $HOME/.gem/credentials
+          chmod 600 $HOME/.gem/credentials
+          printf -- "---\n:rubygems_api_key: ${GEM_HOST_API_KEY}\n" > $HOME/.gem/credentials
+          gem push vinted-memcached-*.gem -V
+        env:
+          GEM_HOST_API_KEY: "${{ secrets.RUBYGEMS_AUTH_TOKEN }}"
+
+      - name: Tag repo with new gem version
+        if: success() && github.ref == 'refs/heads/v1.8.x'
+        uses: actions/github-script@v3
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ github.token }}
+          script: |
+            github.git.createRef({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              ref: "refs/tags/${{ steps.build.outputs.gem_version }}",
+              sha: context.sha
+            })
diff --git a/.ruby-version b/.ruby-version
index 7fa1d1ef..37c2961c 100644
--- a/.ruby-version
+++ b/.ruby-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.0.0-p353
+2.7.2
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f85ba740..00000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-bundler_args: --without benchmark
-language: ruby
-services: memcached
-rvm:
-  - 1.8.7
-  - 1.9.3
-  - 2.0.0
-  - 2.1.0
-  - 2.1.1
-  - rbx-19mode
-matrix:
-  allow_failures:
-    - rvm: rbx-19mode
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 5963588f..c43f8461 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -2,10 +2,3 @@ source 'https://rubygems.org'
 gemspec
 
 gem 'echoe', '>= 4.6.5'
-
-group :benchmark do
-  gem "remix-stash", '~> 1.1.3'
-  gem "dalli", '~> 2.6.4'
-  gem "memcache", '= 1.4.1'
-  gem "memcache-client", '~> 1.8.5'
-end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 8d009c00..f42f528a 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,45 +1,50 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    memcached (1.8.0)
+    vinted-memcached (1.8.0)
 
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    activesupport (3.2.6)
-      i18n (~> 0.6)
-      multi_json (~> 1.0)
+    activesupport (7.0.7.2)
+      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
+      i18n (>= 1.6, < 2)
+      minitest (>= 5.1)
+      tzinfo (~> 2.0)
     allison (2.0.3)
-    dalli (2.6.4)
-    echoe (4.6.5)
+    concurrent-ruby (1.2.2)
+    echoe (4.6.6)
       allison (>= 2.0.3)
       rake (>= 0.9.2)
       rdoc (>= 2.5.11)
       rubyforge (>= 2.0.4)
-    i18n (0.6.0)
-    json_pure (1.8.1)
-    memcache (1.4.1)
-    memcache-client (1.8.5)
-    metaclass (0.0.4)
-    mocha (1.0.0)
-      metaclass (~> 0.0.1)
-    multi_json (1.3.6)
-    rake (0.9.2.2)
-    rdoc (4.1.0)
-    remix-stash (1.1.3)
+    i18n (1.14.1)
+      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
+    json_pure (2.6.3)
+    minitest (5.19.0)
+    mocha (2.1.0)
+      ruby2_keywords (>= 0.0.5)
+    psych (5.1.0)
+      stringio
+    rake (13.0.6)
+    rdoc (6.5.0)
+      psych (>= 4.0.0)
+    ruby2_keywords (0.0.5)
     rubyforge (2.0.4)
       json_pure (>= 1.1.7)
+    stringio (3.0.8)
+    tzinfo (2.0.6)
+      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
 
 DEPENDENCIES
   activesupport
-  dalli (~> 2.6.4)
   echoe (>= 4.6.5)
-  memcache (= 1.4.1)
-  memcache-client (~> 1.8.5)
-  memcached!
   mocha
   rake
-  remix-stash (~> 1.1.3)
+  vinted-memcached!
+
+BUNDLED WITH
+   2.3.26
diff --git a/Manifest b/Manifest
index 6168ac1d..fd34ebb8 100644
--- a/Manifest
+++ b/Manifest
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ lib/memcached/experimental.rb
 lib/memcached/marshal_codec.rb
 lib/memcached/memcached.rb
 lib/memcached/rails.rb
+lib/memcached/version.rb
 memcached.gemspec
-memcached.pem
 test/profile/benchmark.rb
 test/profile/c_profiler.rb
 test/profile/exercise.rb
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 5f68dea1..bcfbb026 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 require 'echoe'
 
-ENV["GEM_CERTIFICATE_CHAIN"]="memcached.pem"
-
 Echoe.new("memcached") do |p|
   p.author = "Evan Weaver"
   p.project = "evan"
@@ -132,3 +130,8 @@ def run(cmd, reason)
   puts cmd
   raise "'#{cmd}' failed" unless system(cmd)
 end
+
+task :version do |t|
+  require 'memcached/version'
+  puts Memcached::VERSION
+end
diff --git a/lib/memcached.rb b/lib/memcached.rb
index c54ca779..72807127 100644
--- a/lib/memcached.rb
+++ b/lib/memcached.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ module Rlibmemcached
 class Memcached
   Lib = Rlibmemcached
   raise "libmemcached 0.32 required; you somehow linked to #{Lib.memcached_lib_version}." unless "0.32" == Lib.memcached_lib_version
-  VERSION = File.read("#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../CHANGELOG")[/v([\d\.]+)\./, 1]
 end
 
 require 'memcached/exceptions'
@@ -31,3 +30,4 @@ class Memcached
 require 'memcached/memcached'
 require 'memcached/rails'
 require 'memcached/experimental'
+require 'memcached/version'
diff --git a/lib/memcached/version.rb b/lib/memcached/version.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d558b812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/memcached/version.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+class Memcached
+  VERSION = '1.8.0'
+end
diff --git a/memcached.gemspec b/memcached.gemspec
index 2eacca99..83b01910 100644
Binary files a/memcached.gemspec and b/memcached.gemspec differ
diff --git a/memcached.pem b/memcached.pem
deleted file mode 100644
index 577a4c8e..00000000
--- a/memcached.pem
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
------BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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-MRgwFgYKCZImiZPyLGQBGRYIY2xvdWRidXIxEjAQBgoJkiaJk/IsZAEZFgJzdDAe
-Fw0xMzExMDQyMDI1MDVaFw0xNDExMDQyMDI1MDVaMD0xDTALBgNVBAMMBGV2YW4x
-GDAWBgoJkiaJk/IsZAEZFghjbG91ZGJ1cjESMBAGCgmSJomT8ixkARkWAnN0MIIB
-IjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAuG4q2IdTtlc7/IJkWPnbOAFt
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-rnYS7fDs//X1h6fRYBjjhqGeQhCL1xrS5/I4vKb7AjgFnuUbMZ/H0+ic2Ic2zTnZ
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-+IjWsMwrBCbEdj/Jmh4a52QntAwPWx4Krt0zm8eV3/UjSObB3BR1pZ/i5IsSLPs1
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-AQABo3MwcTAJBgNVHRMEAjAAMAsGA1UdDwQEAwIEsDAdBgNVHQ4EFgQUbTCqyydn
-0Rm6nngf15KtCEMc37swGwYDVR0RBBQwEoEQZXZhbkBjbG91ZGJ1ci5zdDAbBgNV
-HRIEFDASgRBldmFuQGNsb3VkYnVyLnN0MA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBQUAA4IBAQBggGGb
-0AoyF0QofzkPImuhN1UF6eG/RdYOHqiUovuRN/9IblyKAaZAIl1mIspfCav8EVwo
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-t4uqNF7swBWS0n40/hmn5u8pT2JVsuwam79GGhJmNfCdPCcCbgphroexRcrwdURX
-ly00Xdf1gDVBxRoR
------END CERTIFICATE-----