diff --git a/textproc/rubygem-xml-simple/Makefile b/textproc/rubygem-xml-simple/Makefile
index de9cd70bdffa..524930d4d41d 100644
--- a/textproc/rubygem-xml-simple/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/rubygem-xml-simple/Makefile
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 PORTNAME=	xml-simple
-PORTVERSION=	1.1.5
+PORTVERSION=	1.1.9
 CATEGORIES=	textproc rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
 MAINTAINER=	ruby@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Ruby take off of p5-XML-Simple
 WWW=		https://github.com/maik/xml-simple
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE RUBY
 LICENSE_COMB=	dual
 
+RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-rexml>0:textproc/rubygem-rexml
+
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 USE_RUBY=	yes
 USES=		gem
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/rubygem-xml-simple/distinfo b/textproc/rubygem-xml-simple/distinfo
index 69c3755f242f..81582a03964a 100644
--- a/textproc/rubygem-xml-simple/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/rubygem-xml-simple/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-SHA256 (rubygem/xml-simple-1.1.5.gem) = 88c33d33ec4e28f11d8479bd89331eabaa651fff5effe9d92d3dbaa11abd9876
-SIZE (rubygem/xml-simple-1.1.5.gem) = 11776
+TIMESTAMP = 1664810653
+SHA256 (rubygem/xml-simple-1.1.9.gem) = d21131e519c86f1a5bc2b6d2d57d46e6998e47f18ed249b25cad86433dbd695d
+SIZE (rubygem/xml-simple-1.1.9.gem) = 12288