diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index aaa4b02..62a7701 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    freshli-commons (0.6.0.pre.dev)
+    freshli-commons (0.6.1.pre.dev)
       aruba (~> 2.1.0)
       grpc
       rspec-expectations
diff --git a/freshli-commons.gemspec b/freshli-commons.gemspec
index 50934e3..7cd0aa4 100644
--- a/freshli-commons.gemspec
+++ b/freshli-commons.gemspec
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-require 'semver'
+begin
+  require 'semver'
+  # rubocop:disable Style/FormatStringToken
+  semver_version = SemVer.find.format('%M.%m.%p%s%d')
+  # rubocop:enable Style/FormatStringToken
+rescue LoadError
+  semver_version = '0.0.0'
+end
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.name = 'freshli-commons'
 
-  # rubocop:disable Style/FormatStringToken
-  spec.version = SemVer.find.format('%M.%m.%p%s%d')
-  # rubocop:enable Style/FormatStringToken
+  spec.version = semver_version
 
   spec.authors = ['M. Scott Ford']
   spec.email = ['scott@corgibytes.com']