diff --git a/devel/rubygem-irb/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-irb/Makefile
index 8883db5f76ae..131cc2b08f9d 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-irb/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-irb/Makefile
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 PORTNAME=	irb
-PORTVERSION=	1.5.1
+PORTVERSION=	1.6.1
 CATEGORIES=	devel rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
 MAINTAINER=	ruby@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Interactive Ruby
 WWW=		https://github.com/ruby/irb
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-reline>=0.3.0:devel/rubygem-reline
 
 USES=		gem
 USE_RUBY=	yes
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/irb \
 		share/man/man1/irb.1.gz
 
 post-install:
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/man/man1
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/man/irb.1 ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/man/man1
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-irb/distinfo b/devel/rubygem-irb/distinfo
index 281f3a8b74c8..acdc77f7440a 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-irb/distinfo
+++ b/devel/rubygem-irb/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1669687424
-SHA256 (rubygem/irb-1.5.1.gem) = cd46902ff07864e8b803aac27d22390c413c8691cc80b7d5683a719eb99d3a3e
-SIZE (rubygem/irb-1.5.1.gem) = 76800
+TIMESTAMP = 1671044647
+SHA256 (rubygem/irb-1.6.1.gem) = 43e25009b80c69ae735279c1db1d05c5de6142da7e51c9a6799c16e8aabdab26
+SIZE (rubygem/irb-1.6.1.gem) = 78336