Merge pull request #2622 from ruby-grape/use_require_relative_in_gemspec

Use require_relative instead of $LOAD_PATH in gemspec

Author: dblock

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 * [#2595](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape/pull/2595): Keep `within_namespace` as part of our internal api - [@ericproulx](https://github.com/ericproulx).
 * [#2596](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape/pull/2596): Remove `namespace_reverse_stackable_with_hash` from public scope - [@ericproulx](https://github.com/ericproulx).
 * [#2621](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape/pull/2621): Update upgrading notes regarding `return` usage and simplify endpoint execution - [@ericproulx](https://github.com/ericproulx).
+* [#2622](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape/pull/2622): Use `require_relative` instead of `$LOAD_PATH` in gemspec - [@ericproulx](https://github.com/ericproulx).
 * Your contribution here.
 
 ### 2.4.0 (2025-06-18)

grape.gemspec

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-$LOAD_PATH.unshift File.expand_path('lib', __dir__)
-require 'grape/version'
+require_relative 'lib/grape/version'
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name        = 'grape'