diff --git a/lib/probot.rb b/lib/probot.rb
index d4535af..4eb8597 100644
--- a/lib/probot.rb
+++ b/lib/probot.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 require "uri"
 require "net/http"
+require_relative "probot/version"
 
 # https://moz.com/learn/seo/robotstxt
 # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45293419/order-of-directives-in-robots-txt-do-they-overwrite-each-other-or-complement-ea
diff --git a/lib/probot/version.rb b/lib/probot/version.rb
index 54e3e88..d10eebc 100644
--- a/lib/probot/version.rb
+++ b/lib/probot/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 class Probot
-  VERSION = "0.3.0"
+  VERSION = "0.4.0"
 end
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index c5c180d..2abc2ba 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@
 
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path("../lib", __dir__)
 require "probot"
-require "probot/version" # for testing the version number - otherwise the gemspec does it.
 
 require "minitest/autorun"