diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 0c15800..41652e9 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -2,5 +2,11 @@
 
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
+# concurrent-ruby >= 1.3.5 no longer requires "logger" itself, but
+# activesupport 6.1 still references ::Logger at load time. Requiring
+# it here in the Gemfile ensures it is loaded by bundler/setup before
+# any gem loads active_support.
+require "logger"
+
 # Specify your gem's dependencies in active_remote-cached.gemspec
 gemspec
diff --git a/active_remote-cached.gemspec b/active_remote-cached.gemspec
index 36bbafe..35c7456 100644
--- a/active_remote-cached.gemspec
+++ b/active_remote-cached.gemspec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.email         = ['brandonsdewitt@gmail.com', 'devexperience@mx.com']
   gem.description   = ' Provides "cached" finders and a DSL to enumerate which finders should have cached versions '
   gem.summary       = ' Provides a configuration for caching mechanisms and finders on ActiveRemote models'
-  gem.homepage      = ''
+  gem.homepage      = 'https://github.com/mxenabled/active_remote-cached'
 
   gem.required_ruby_version = '>= 2.6'
   gem.files         = `git ls-files`.split($INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR)
@@ -30,4 +30,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.add_development_dependency 'rake'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '>= 3.0'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'rubocop'
+  gem.add_development_dependency 'base64'
+  gem.add_development_dependency 'bigdecimal'
+  gem.add_development_dependency 'mutex_m'
+  gem.add_development_dependency 'ostruct'
 end
diff --git a/lib/active_remote/cached.rb b/lib/active_remote/cached.rb
index 178222b..7ef682e 100644
--- a/lib/active_remote/cached.rb
+++ b/lib/active_remote/cached.rb
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ def _define_cached_find_method(method_name, *method_arguments, cached_finder_opt
         sorted_method_args = method_arguments.sort.join(',')
         cached_methods << method_name
 
-        expanded_search_args = ''
+        expanded_search_args = String.new
         method_arguments.each do |method_argument|
           expanded_search_args << ":#{method_argument} => #{method_argument},"
         end
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ def _define_cached_search_method(method_name, *method_arguments, cached_finder_o
         sorted_method_args = method_arguments.sort.join(',')
         cached_methods << method_name
 
-        expanded_search_args = ''
+        expanded_search_args = String.new
         method_arguments.each do |method_argument|
           expanded_search_args << ":#{method_argument} => #{method_argument},"
         end
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ def _define_cached_search_bang_method(method_name, *method_arguments, cached_fin
         sorted_method_args = method_arguments.sort.join(',')
         cached_methods << method_name
 
-        expanded_search_args = ''
+        expanded_search_args = String.new
         method_arguments.each do |method_argument|
           expanded_search_args << ":#{method_argument} => #{method_argument},"
         end
diff --git a/lib/active_remote/cached/argument_keys.rb b/lib/active_remote/cached/argument_keys.rb
index a669042..d0885c7 100644
--- a/lib/active_remote/cached/argument_keys.rb
+++ b/lib/active_remote/cached/argument_keys.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class ArgumentKeys
       def initialize(*arguments, options)
         @options = options
         @arguments = arguments.flatten.compact
-        @argument_string = ''
+        @argument_string = String.new
 
         @arguments.each do |argument|
           @argument_string << argument.to_s
diff --git a/lib/active_remote/cached/version.rb b/lib/active_remote/cached/version.rb
index e029360..3849c5e 100644
--- a/lib/active_remote/cached/version.rb
+++ b/lib/active_remote/cached/version.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 module ActiveRemote
   module Cached
-    VERSION = '1.1.1'
+    VERSION = '1.1.2'
   end
 end