diff --git a/enom.gemspec b/enom.gemspec
index af46fd8..835a93a 100644
--- a/enom.gemspec
+++ b/enom.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = "enom"
-  s.version = "1.1.7"
+  s.version = "1.1.8"
   s.authors = ["James Miller"]
   s.summary = %q{Ruby wrapper for the Enom API}
   s.description = %q{Enom is a Ruby wrapper and command line interface for portions of the Enom domain reseller API.}
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.has_rdoc = false
   s.add_dependency "httparty", "~> 0.10.0"
   s.add_dependency "public_suffix", "~> 1.5.3"
+  s.add_dependency "activesupport", "> 4.2"
   s.add_development_dependency "test-unit"
   s.add_development_dependency "shoulda"
   s.add_development_dependency "fakeweb"
diff --git a/lib/enom/domain.rb b/lib/enom/domain.rb
index c6fbe29..add50b3 100644
--- a/lib/enom/domain.rb
+++ b/lib/enom/domain.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require 'active_support'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/object/blank'
 require "public_suffix"
 
 module Enom
@@ -175,9 +177,14 @@ def self.renew!(name, options = {})
       sld, tld = parse_sld_and_tld(name)
       opts = {}
       opts.merge!("NumYears" => options[:years]) if options[:years]
-      response = Client.request({"Command" => "Extend", "SLD" => sld, "TLD" => tld}.merge(opts))
-      Domain.find(name)
-    end 
+      renew_response = Client.request({"Command" => "Extend", "SLD" => sld, "TLD" => tld}.merge(opts))
+      domain = Domain.find(name)
+      # Enom doesn't make the new registration date immediately available in the find request, so we patch that
+      # value into the object.
+      registry_exp_date = renew_response.parsed_response['interface_response']['DomainInfo']['RegistryExpDate']
+      domain.expiration_date = Date.strptime(registry_exp_date.split(" ").first, '%Y-%m-%d')
+      domain
+    end
 
     # Renew a domain that has already expired
     def self.update_expired!(name, years = 1)
@@ -326,6 +333,10 @@ def expiration_date
       @expiration_date
     end
 
+    def expiration_date=(date)
+      @expiration_date = date
+    end
+
     def registration_status
       get_extended_domain_attributes unless @registration_status
       return @registration_status
diff --git a/test/domain_test.rb b/test/domain_test.rb
index 5dfb8cd..c35318b 100644
--- a/test/domain_test.rb
+++ b/test/domain_test.rb
@@ -175,6 +175,11 @@ class DomainTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
         assert_kind_of Enom::Domain, @domain
         assert_equal @domain.name, "test123456test123456.com"
       end
+
+      should "return the domain reflecting the new expiration date" do
+        original_expiration_date = Enom::Domain.find('test123456test123456.com').expiration_date
+        assert_true (@domain.expiration_date - original_expiration_date).to_i > 365
+      end
     end
 
     context "renewing an expired domain" do
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index 6d872ff..8f54bd0 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -450,6 +450,9 @@ class Test::Unit::TestCase
         <interface-response>
           <Extension>successful</Extension>
           <DomainName>test123456test123456.com</DomainName>
+          <DomainInfo>
+            <RegistryExpDate>2013-01-30 19:07:50.000</RegistryExpDate>
+          </DomainInfo>
           <OrderID>157609742</OrderID>
           <RRPCode>200</RRPCode>
           <RRPText>Command completed successfully</RRPText>