diff --git a/devel/rubygem-json_pure/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-json_pure/Makefile
index a81e5dd424c9..51ea12433d67 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-json_pure/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-json_pure/Makefile
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 PORTNAME=	json_pure
-PORTVERSION=	2.7.5
+PORTVERSION=	2.8.1
 CATEGORIES=	devel rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	JSON implementation in pure Ruby
 WWW=		https://ruby.github.io/json/ \
 		https://github.com/ruby/json/releases
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE RUBY
 LICENSE_COMB=	dual
 LICENSE_FILE_BSD2CLAUSE=${WRKSRC}/BSDL
 LICENSE_FILE_RUBY=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 USES=		gem
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-json_pure/distinfo b/devel/rubygem-json_pure/distinfo
index 8ce3852d62ab..51d1067b0396 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-json_pure/distinfo
+++ b/devel/rubygem-json_pure/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1730387150
-SHA256 (rubygem/json_pure-2.7.5.gem) = c8aed57203e85cb3eb769622006a3a6742634958e833ceb2eae751e9c1f36218
-SIZE (rubygem/json_pure-2.7.5.gem) = 40960
+TIMESTAMP = 1731679730
+SHA256 (rubygem/json_pure-2.8.1.gem) = 6a877929ba9d4fa0808ccc38656d1b15d138b2aa0aa32037ee05abea13427ace
+SIZE (rubygem/json_pure-2.8.1.gem) = 18944