diff --git a/.github/workflows/ruby-build.yaml b/.github/workflows/ruby-build.yaml
index 7bdec2ad..f614a73d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ruby-build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ruby-build.yaml
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ jobs:
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       run: |
+        mkdir -p ~/.gem
         echo -e "---\n:github: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" > ~/.gem/credentials
         chmod 0600 ~/.gem/credentials
         make push_github ${{ env.disable_rvm_proctoring }}
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ jobs:
       env:
         RUBYGEMS_API_KEY_BASE64: ${{ secrets.RUBYGEMS_API_KEY_BASE64 }}
       run: |
+        mkdir -p ~/.gem
         echo -n "$RUBYGEMS_API_KEY_BASE64" | base64 --decode > ~/.gem/credentials
         chmod 0600 ~/.gem/credentials
         make push_rubygems ${{ env.disable_rvm_proctoring }}
diff --git a/ruby/lib/collatz/version.rb b/ruby/lib/collatz/version.rb
index 65ba7dc9..98bcdd9b 100644
--- a/ruby/lib/collatz/version.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/collatz/version.rb
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 module Collatz
   # The current semver version.
-  VERSION = "1.0.1"
+  VERSION = "1.1.0"
 end