diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 82426da..b521749 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ spec/fixtures/modules/
 coverage/
 log/
 .idea/
+.dependencies/
+.librarian/
+Puppetfile.lock
 *.iml
 .*.sw?
 .yardoc/
diff --git a/.msync.yml b/.msync.yml
index 1bc592b..b42c487 100644
--- a/.msync.yml
+++ b/.msync.yml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-modulesync_config_version: '0.16.8'
+modulesync_config_version: '0.19.3'
diff --git a/.pmtignore b/.pmtignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77f12ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pmtignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+docs/
diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index b495f77..ef85ceb 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -519,5 +519,6 @@ RSpec/RepeatedDescription:
 RSpec/NestedGroups:
   Enabled: False
 
+# disable Yaml safe_load. This is needed to support ruby2.0.0 development envs
 Security/YAMLLoad:
-  Enabled: False
+  Enabled: false
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 57e99e3..2c45544 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 ---
 sudo: false
-addons:
-  apt:
-    packages:
-      - libaugeas-dev
+dist: trusty
 language: ruby
 cache: bundler
 bundler_args: --without system_tests development
@@ -19,24 +16,18 @@ script:
 matrix:
   fast_finish: true
   include:
-  - rvm: 1.9.3
-    env: PUPPET_VERSION="~> 3.0" STRICT_VARIABLES="yes" CHECK=test
-  - rvm: 1.9.3
-    env: PUPPET_VERSION="~> 3.0" STRICT_VARIABLES="yes" FUTURE_PARSER="yes" CHECK=test
-  - rvm: 2.1.9
-    env: PUPPET_VERSION="~> 3.0" STRICT_VARIABLES="yes" CHECK=test
   - rvm: 2.1.9
     env: PUPPET_VERSION="~> 4.0" CHECK=test
   - rvm: 2.2.6
     env: PUPPET_VERSION="~> 4.0" CHECK=test
-  - rvm: 2.3.3
-    env: PUPPET_VERSION="~> 4.0" CHECK=build DEPLOY_TO_FORGE=yes
-  - rvm: 2.3.3
-    env: PUPPET_VERSION="~> 4.0" CHECK=rubocop
   - rvm: 2.3.3
     env: PUPPET_VERSION="~> 4.0" CHECK=test
   - rvm: 2.4.0
     env: PUPPET_VERSION="~> 4.0" CHECK=test
+  - rvm: 2.4.0
+    env: PUPPET_VERSION="~> 4.0" CHECK=rubocop
+  - rvm: 2.4.0
+    env: PUPPET_VERSION="~> 4.0" CHECK=build DEPLOY_TO_FORGE=yes
   - rvm: default
     env: BEAKER_set="debian-7-x86_64-docker" PUPPET_AIO="yes"
     services: docker
@@ -49,8 +40,6 @@ matrix:
     env: BEAKER_set="centos-7-x86_64-docker" PUPPET_AIO="yes"
     services: docker
     sudo: required
-  allow_failures:
-    - rvm: 2.4.0
 branches:
   only:
   - master
diff --git a/.yardopts b/.yardopts
index 29c933b..3687f51 100644
--- a/.yardopts
+++ b/.yardopts
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 --markup markdown
+--output-dir docs/
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 868105d..3bbbce9 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -29,11 +29,12 @@ group :test do
   gem 'redcarpet',                                                  :require => false
   gem 'rubocop', '~> 0.47.0',                                       :require => false if RUBY_VERSION >= '2.3.0'
   gem 'rubocop-rspec', '~> 1.10.0',                                 :require => false if RUBY_VERSION >= '2.3.0'
-  gem 'json_pure', '<= 2.0.1',                                      :require => false if RUBY_VERSION < '2.0.0'
   gem 'mocha', '>= 1.2.1',                                          :require => false
-  gem 'coveralls',                                                  :require => false if RUBY_VERSION >= '2.0.0'
-  gem 'simplecov-console',                                          :require => false if RUBY_VERSION >= '2.0.0'
-  gem 'ruby-augeas',                                                :require => false
+  gem 'coveralls',                                                  :require => false
+  gem 'simplecov-console',                                          :require => false
+  gem 'github_changelog_generator', '~> 1.13.0',                    :require => false if RUBY_VERSION < '2.2.2'
+  gem 'rack', '~> 1.0',                                             :require => false if RUBY_VERSION < '2.2.2'
+  gem 'github_changelog_generator',                                 :require => false if RUBY_VERSION >= '2.2.2'
 end
 
 group :development do
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index d00f247..2def02f 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -30,4 +30,15 @@ task test: [
   :metadata_lint,
   :release_checks,
 ]
+
+begin
+  require 'github_changelog_generator/task'
+  GitHubChangelogGenerator::RakeTask.new :changelog do |config|
+    version = (Blacksmith::Modulefile.new).version
+    config.future_release = "#{version}"
+    config.header = "# Change log\n\nAll notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.\nEach new release typically also includes the latest modulesync defaults.\nThese should not impact the functionality of the module."
+    config.exclude_labels = %w{duplicate question invalid wontfix modulesync}
+  end
+rescue LoadError
+end
 # vim: syntax=ruby
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index ec90ce1..2aa9da7 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -2,19 +2,7 @@
 require 'rspec-puppet-facts'
 include RspecPuppetFacts
 
-# Setup augeasproviders
-require 'pathname'
-dir = Pathname.new(__FILE__).parent
-$LOAD_PATH.unshift(dir, File.join(dir, 'fixtures/modules/augeasproviders_core/spec/lib'), File.join(dir, '..', 'lib'))
-require 'augeas_spec'
-require 'pathname'
-dir = Pathname.new(__FILE__).parent
-Puppet[:modulepath] = File.join(dir, 'fixtures', 'modules')
-puts 'augeasproviders: setting Puppet[:libdir] to work around broken type autoloading'
-# libdir is only a single dir, so it can only workaround loading of one external module
-Puppet[:libdir] = "#{Puppet[:modulepath]}/augeasproviders_core/lib"
-
-if Dir.exist?(File.expand_path('../../lib', __FILE__)) && RUBY_VERSION !~ %r{^1.9}
+if Dir.exist?(File.expand_path('../../lib', __FILE__))
   require 'coveralls'
   require 'simplecov'
   require 'simplecov-console'