diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ee573a8..7014045 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,4 +31,6 @@ flame_on-*.tar
 
 .envrc
 
-.claude/
\ No newline at end of file
+.claude/
+.mcp.json
+CLAUDE.local.md
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5b5165c..051bb4a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 - Update arity for Bandit.Pipeline default run function
 - Update function heads to address type warnings
 - Add comprehensive tests
+- Widen gettext dependency to support 0.21.x and 1.0.x
 
 ## 0.7.0
 
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 75cae09..6df6ef4 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ defmodule FlameOn.MixProject do
       {:ex_doc, "~> 0.28.0", only: :dev, runtime: false},
       {:ecto, "~> 3.7"},
       {:meck, "~> 0.9.2"},
-      {:gettext, "~> 0.21"},
+      {:gettext, "~> 0.21 or ~> 1.0"},
       {:jason, "~> 1.0"},
       {:phoenix_ecto, "~> 4.6.1"},
       {:phoenix_live_dashboard, "~> 0.8.3"},