diff --git a/.github/SECURITY.md b/.github/SECURITY.md
deleted file mode 100644
index cacadf220..000000000
--- a/.github/SECURITY.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Vox Pupuli Security Policy
-
-Our vulnerabilities reporting process is at https://voxpupuli.org/security/
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9b95224ce..84fd904ca 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 # Managed by modulesync - DO NOT EDIT
 # https://voxpupuli.org/docs/updating-files-managed-with-modulesync/
 
-pkg/
-Gemfile.lock
-Gemfile.local
-vendor/
-.vendor/
-spec/fixtures/manifests/
-spec/fixtures/modules/
-.vagrant/
-.bundle/
-.ruby-version
-coverage/
-log/
-.idea/
-.dependencies/
-.librarian/
-Puppetfile.lock
+/pkg/
+/Gemfile.lock
+/Gemfile.local
+/vendor/
+/.vendor/
+/spec/fixtures/manifests/
+/spec/fixtures/modules/
+/.vagrant/
+/.bundle/
+/.ruby-version
+/coverage/
+/log/
+/.idea/
+/.dependencies/
+/.librarian/
+/Puppetfile.lock
 *.iml
 .*.sw?
-.yardoc/
-Guardfile
+/.yardoc/
+/Guardfile
diff --git a/.msync.yml b/.msync.yml
index f3156d15e..a4b006918 100644
--- a/.msync.yml
+++ b/.msync.yml
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # Managed by modulesync - DO NOT EDIT
 # https://voxpupuli.org/docs/updating-files-managed-with-modulesync/
 
-modulesync_config_version: '5.4.0'
+modulesync_config_version: '5.5.0'
diff --git a/.pmtignore b/.pmtignore
index 65f505149..58a040887 100644
--- a/.pmtignore
+++ b/.pmtignore
@@ -1,37 +1,37 @@
 # Managed by modulesync - DO NOT EDIT
 # https://voxpupuli.org/docs/updating-files-managed-with-modulesync/
 
-docs/
-pkg/
-Gemfile
-Gemfile.lock
-Gemfile.local
-vendor/
-.vendor/
-spec/
-Rakefile
-.vagrant/
-.bundle/
-.ruby-version
-coverage/
-log/
-.idea/
-.dependencies/
-.github/
-.librarian/
-Puppetfile.lock
+/docs/
+/pkg/
+/Gemfile
+/Gemfile.lock
+/Gemfile.local
+/vendor/
+/.vendor/
+/spec/
+/Rakefile
+/.vagrant/
+/.bundle/
+/.ruby-version
+/coverage/
+/log/
+/.idea/
+/.dependencies/
+/.github/
+/.librarian/
+/Puppetfile.lock
 *.iml
-.editorconfig
-.fixtures.yml
-.gitignore
-.msync.yml
-.overcommit.yml
-.pmtignore
-.rspec
-.rspec_parallel
-.rubocop.yml
-.sync.yml
+/.editorconfig
+/.fixtures.yml
+/.gitignore
+/.msync.yml
+/.overcommit.yml
+/.pmtignore
+/.rspec
+/.rspec_parallel
+/.rubocop.yml
+/.sync.yml
 .*.sw?
-.yardoc/
-.yardopts
-Dockerfile
+/.yardoc/
+/.yardopts
+/Dockerfile
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index ded491075..55efc4ecb 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ end
 
 group :release do
   gem 'github_changelog_generator', '>= 1.16.1',  :require => false if RUBY_VERSION >= '2.5'
-  gem 'voxpupuli-release', '>= 1.2.0',            :require => false
-  gem 'puppet-strings', '>= 2.2',                 :require => false
+  gem 'voxpupuli-release', '~> 2.0',              :require => false
 end
 
 gem 'rake', :require => false
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 817ef1c67..088ea1b99 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ end
 begin
   require 'voxpupuli/release/rake_tasks'
 rescue LoadError
+  # voxpupuli-release not present
+else
+  GCGConfig.user = 'voxpupuli'
+  GCGConfig.project = 'puppet-elasticsearch'
 end
 
 desc "Run main 'test' task and report merged results to coveralls"
@@ -37,36 +41,4 @@ task test_with_coveralls: [:test] do
   end
 end
 
-desc 'Generate REFERENCE.md'
-task :reference, [:debug, :backtrace] do |t, args|
-  patterns = ''
-  Rake::Task['strings:generate:reference'].invoke(patterns, args[:debug], args[:backtrace])
-end
-
-begin
-  require 'github_changelog_generator/task'
-  require 'puppet_blacksmith'
-  GitHubChangelogGenerator::RakeTask.new :changelog do |config|
-    metadata = Blacksmith::Modulefile.new
-    config.future_release = "v#{metadata.version}" if metadata.version =~ /^\d+\.\d+.\d+$/
-    config.header = "# Changelog\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 affect the functionality of the module."
-    config.exclude_labels = %w{duplicate question invalid wontfix wont-fix modulesync skip-changelog}
-    config.user = 'voxpupuli'
-    config.project = 'puppet-elasticsearch'
-  end
-
-  # Workaround for https://github.com/github-changelog-generator/github-changelog-generator/issues/715
-  require 'rbconfig'
-  if RbConfig::CONFIG['host_os'] =~ /linux/
-    task :changelog do
-      puts 'Fixing line endings...'
-      changelog_file = File.join(__dir__, 'CHANGELOG.md')
-      changelog_txt = File.read(changelog_file)
-      new_contents = changelog_txt.gsub(%r{\r\n}, "\n")
-      File.open(changelog_file, "w") {|file| file.puts new_contents }
-    end
-  end
-
-rescue LoadError
-end
 # vim: syntax=ruby