diff --git a/print/rubygem-pdf-reader/Makefile b/print/rubygem-pdf-reader/Makefile
index 463ebec075f2..f8c9e4af97c4 100644
--- a/print/rubygem-pdf-reader/Makefile
+++ b/print/rubygem-pdf-reader/Makefile
@@ -1,25 +1,26 @@
 PORTNAME=	pdf-reader
 PORTVERSION=	2.12.0
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	print rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
 MAINTAINER=	ruby@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	PDF parser conforming as much as possible to the PDF specification
 WWW=		https://github.com/yob/pdf-reader
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/MIT-LICENSE
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-afm>=0.2.1<0.3:print/rubygem-afm \
-		rubygem-ascii85>=1.0<2:devel/rubygem-ascii85 \
+		rubygem-ascii85>=1.0<3.0:devel/rubygem-ascii85 \
 		rubygem-hashery>=2.0<3:devel/rubygem-hashery \
 		rubygem-ruby-rc4>=0:security/rubygem-ruby-rc4 \
 		rubygem-ttfunk>=0:print/rubygem-ttfunk
 
 USES=		gem
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/pdf_callbacks bin/pdf_object bin/pdf_text
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/print/rubygem-pdf-reader/files/patch-gemspec b/print/rubygem-pdf-reader/files/patch-gemspec
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..37e849953caa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/print/rubygem-pdf-reader/files/patch-gemspec
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Obtained from:	https://github.com/yob/pdf-reader/commit/cb6f8ed79233def74d19b6fd869b08c836636d55
+
+--- pdf-reader.gemspec.orig	2024-09-07 12:21:52 UTC
++++ pdf-reader.gemspec
+@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+   s.add_development_dependency(%q<morecane>.freeze, ["~> 0.2".freeze])
+   s.add_development_dependency(%q<pry>.freeze, [">= 0".freeze])
+   s.add_development_dependency(%q<rdoc>.freeze, [">= 0".freeze])
+-  s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<Ascii85>.freeze, ["~> 1.0".freeze])
++  s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<Ascii85>.freeze, [">= 1.0".freeze, "< 3.0".freeze])
+   s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<ruby-rc4>.freeze, [">= 0".freeze])
+   s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<hashery>.freeze, ["~> 2.0".freeze])
+   s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<ttfunk>.freeze, [">= 0".freeze])