diff --git a/lib/puma/const.rb b/lib/puma/const.rb
index 9a6d8b29..6cf23a5b 100644
--- a/lib/puma/const.rb
+++ b/lib/puma/const.rb
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ module Puma
 
     PATH_INFO = 'PATH_INFO'.freeze
 
-    PUMA_VERSION = VERSION = "0.8.0".freeze
+    PUMA_VERSION = VERSION = "0.8.1".freeze
 
     PUMA_TMP_BASE = "puma".freeze
 
diff --git a/puma.gemspec b/puma.gemspec
index dd51f386..c7b9c836 100644
--- a/puma.gemspec
+++ b/puma.gemspec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = "puma"
-  s.version = "0.8.0"
+  s.version = "0.8.1"
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["Evan Phoenix"]
@@ -24,13 +24,16 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     s.specification_version = 3
 
     if Gem::Version.new(Gem::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
+      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<rack>, ["~> 1.3"])
       s.add_development_dependency(%q<rake-compiler>, ["~> 0.7.0"])
       s.add_development_dependency(%q<hoe>, ["~> 2.10"])
     else
+      s.add_dependency(%q<rack>, ["~> 1.3"])
       s.add_dependency(%q<rake-compiler>, ["~> 0.7.0"])
       s.add_dependency(%q<hoe>, ["~> 2.10"])
     end
   else
+    s.add_dependency(%q<rack>, ["~> 1.3"])
     s.add_dependency(%q<rake-compiler>, ["~> 0.7.0"])
     s.add_dependency(%q<hoe>, ["~> 2.10"])
   end
diff --git a/tasks/gem.rake b/tasks/gem.rake
index a9e4cc88..faecd58d 100644
--- a/tasks/gem.rake
+++ b/tasks/gem.rake
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ HOE = Hoe.spec 'puma' do
   spec_extras[:extensions] = ["ext/puma_http11/extconf.rb"]
   spec_extras[:executables] = ['puma']
 
+  dependency 'rack', '~> 1.3'
+
   extra_dev_deps << ['rake-compiler', "~> 0.7.0"]
 
   clean_globs.push('test_*.log', 'log')