diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8dc54f8..5786d9e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,8 +1,20 @@
 # rejson-py changelog
 
+## 0.5.1 20191129
+
+* #29 Use io.open() and 'utf-8' encoding to read version
+
+## 0.5.0 20190901
+
+* #26 Fixing retrieving non-ascii string with JSON.GET, added no_escape flag
+
+## 0.4.0 20190308
+
+* Add exception handler for .jsonget for non-existent keys
+
 ## 0.3.0 20190107
 
-*upgrade dependency to redis-py >=3.0.0
+* Upgrade dependency to redis-py >=3.0.0
 
 ## 0.2.1 20170605
 
diff --git a/rejson/__init__.py b/rejson/__init__.py
index af9c3a2..ec4bf4c 100644
--- a/rejson/__init__.py
+++ b/rejson/__init__.py
@@ -120,6 +120,6 @@ def decode(self, obj):
 obj = rj.jsonget('custom', Path.rootPath())
 ```
 """
-__version__ = "0.5.0"
+__version__ = "0.5.1"
 from .client import Client
 from .path import Path
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7f59b02..ac27522 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-hiredis==0.2.0
 redis>=3.0.0
 six>=1.10
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 37c5587..af6b20b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+import io
 import os
 import sys
 import re
 import shutil
 
-
 def get_version(package):
     """
     Return package version as listed in `__version__` in `init.py`.
     """
-    init_py = open(os.path.join(package, '__init__.py')).read()
+    init_py = io.open(os.path.join(package, '__init__.py'), encoding='utf-8').read()
     return re.search("__version__ = ['\"]([^'\"]+)['\"]", init_py).group(1)
 
-
 def read_all(f):
     with open(f) as I:
         return I.read()