diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index 3a3b8bd..fc92aa5 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AllCops:
-  TargetRubyVersion: 2.6
+  TargetRubyVersion: 3.0.0
   NewCops: enable
 
 Layout/LineLength:
diff --git a/.ruby-version b/.ruby-version
index 6a81b4c..fa7adc7 100644
--- a/.ruby-version
+++ b/.ruby-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.7.8
+3.3.5
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 20bf3f0..8396de4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog for the JSON Rails Logger gem
 
+## 2.0.0 - 2024-12
+
+- (Jon) Updated the gemspec for the required ruby version to 3.0.0 to ensure the
+  gem is up to date with the latest ruby version
+- (Jon) Updated the gemspec to ensure the railties gem is locked to the 7.0 rails
+  version to avoid any potential issues with the gem being used
+- (Jon) Updated the logging to include the `request_id` in the JSON output to
+  ensure the values are always logged to the system tooling.
+
 ## 1.1.1 - 2024-10
 
 - (Jon) Updated the exposed keys to allow more flexibility in the logging
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index e967149..c1dbc22 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -3,4 +3,10 @@
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 git_source(:github) { |repo| "https://github.com/#{repo}.git" }
 
+# Specify your gem's dependencies in json_rails_logger.gemspec
 gemspec
+
+group :development, :test do
+  gem 'rake', '~> 13.2', '>= 13.2.1'
+  gem 'rubocop', '~> 1.69', '>= 1.69.1'
+end
diff --git a/json_rails_logger.gemspec b/json_rails_logger.gemspec
index ac910ed..83c256d 100644
--- a/json_rails_logger.gemspec
+++ b/json_rails_logger.gemspec
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.email       = 'info@epimorphics.com'
   spec.homepage    = 'https://github.com/epimorphics/json-rails-logger'
   spec.license     = 'MIT'
-  spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 2.6'
+  spec.required_ruby_version = '>= 3.0.0'
 
   spec.metadata = {
     'github_repo' => 'git@github.com:epimorphics/json-rails-logger.git',
@@ -27,10 +27,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   end
   spec.require_paths = ['lib']
 
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency 'json', '~> 2.0'
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency 'lograge', '~> 0.11'
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency 'railties', '~> 6.0'
-
-  spec.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 13.0'
-  spec.add_development_dependency 'rubocop', '~> 1.25.0'
+  spec.add_dependency 'json'
+  spec.add_dependency 'lograge'
+  spec.add_dependency 'railties', '~> 7.0'
 end
diff --git a/lib/json_rails_logger/json_formatter.rb b/lib/json_rails_logger/json_formatter.rb
index b988885..0d44d7b 100644
--- a/lib/json_rails_logger/json_formatter.rb
+++ b/lib/json_rails_logger/json_formatter.rb
@@ -62,12 +62,10 @@ def call(severity, timestamp, _progname, raw_msg) # rubocop:disable Metrics/AbcS
         level: sev
       }
 
-      payload.merge!(query_string.to_h)
+      payload.merge!(query_string.to_h) unless query_string.nil?
       payload.merge!(request_id.to_h)
       payload.merge!(new_msg.to_h.except!(:optional).compact)
 
-      "\n#{payload.to_json}\n" if Rails.env.development?
-
       "#{payload.to_json}\n"
     end
     # rubocop:enable Metrics/MethodLength
@@ -89,7 +87,7 @@ def request_id
 
     def query_string
       query_string = Thread.current[JsonRailsLogger::QUERY_STRING]
-      { query_string: query_string } if query_string
+      { query_string: query_string } if query_string.present?
     end
 
     def process_message(raw_msg)
diff --git a/lib/json_rails_logger/version.rb b/lib/json_rails_logger/version.rb
index 30f49fd..c989557 100644
--- a/lib/json_rails_logger/version.rb
+++ b/lib/json_rails_logger/version.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module JsonRailsLogger
-  MAJOR = 1
-  MINOR = 1
-  PATCH = 1
+  MAJOR = 2
+  MINOR = 0
+  PATCH = 0
   SUFFIX = nil
-  VERSION = "#{MAJOR}.#{MINOR}.#{PATCH}#{SUFFIX && "-#{SUFFIX}"}"
+  VERSION = "#{MAJOR}.#{MINOR}.#{PATCH}#{SUFFIX && "-#{SUFFIX}"}".freeze
 end