diff --git a/sysutils/rubygem-chef-zero/Makefile b/sysutils/rubygem-chef-zero/Makefile
index 8be6f8e6c3ef..49ca201356d7 100644
--- a/sysutils/rubygem-chef-zero/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/rubygem-chef-zero/Makefile
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 PORTNAME=	chef-zero
 PORTVERSION=	15.0.11
-PORTREVISION=	2
+PORTREVISION=	3
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
 MAINTAINER=	ruby@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Self-contained, easy-setup, fast-start in-memory Chef server
 WWW=		https://github.com/chef/chef-zero
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-ffi-yajl>=2.2<3:devel/rubygem-ffi-yajl \
 		rubygem-hashie4>=2.0<5.0:devel/rubygem-hashie4 \
 		rubygem-mixlib-log>=2.0<4.0:devel/rubygem-mixlib-log \
 		rubygem-rack22>=2.0.6,3<3,3:www/rubygem-rack22 \
-		rubygem-uuidtools>=2.1<3:devel/rubygem-uuidtools \
+		rubygem-uuidtools>=2.1:devel/rubygem-uuidtools \
 		rubygem-webrick>=0:www/rubygem-webrick
 
 USES=		gem
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/chef-zero
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/rubygem-chef-zero/files/patch-gemspec b/sysutils/rubygem-chef-zero/files/patch-gemspec
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a946edc143c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysutils/rubygem-chef-zero/files/patch-gemspec
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- chef-zero.gemspec.orig	2025-03-16 15:39:38 UTC
++++ chef-zero.gemspec
+@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+ 
+   s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<mixlib-log>.freeze, [">= 2.0".freeze, "< 4.0".freeze])
+   s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<hashie>.freeze, [">= 2.0".freeze, "< 5.0".freeze])
+-  s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<uuidtools>.freeze, ["~> 2.1".freeze])
++  s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<uuidtools>.freeze, [">= 2.1".freeze])
+   s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<ffi-yajl>.freeze, ["~> 2.2".freeze])
+   s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<rack>.freeze, ["~> 2.0".freeze, ">= 2.0.6".freeze])
+   s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<webrick>.freeze, [">= 0".freeze])