diff --git a/cucumber-rails.gemspec b/cucumber-rails.gemspec
index a4d48709..c1207a2c 100644
--- a/cucumber-rails.gemspec
+++ b/cucumber-rails.gemspec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path('lib', __dir__)
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name        = 'cucumber-rails'
-  s.version     = File.read("#{_dir__}/VERSION")
+  s.version     = File.read("#{__dir__}/VERSION")
   s.authors     = ['Aslak Hellesøy', 'Dennis Blöte', 'Rob Holland']
   s.description = 'Cucumber Generator and Runtime for Rails'
   s.summary     = "#{s.name}-#{s.version}"