diff --git a/textproc/rubygem-asciidoctor-pdf/Makefile b/textproc/rubygem-asciidoctor-pdf/Makefile
index 365abc71b232..df44b2c91a31 100644
--- a/textproc/rubygem-asciidoctor-pdf/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/rubygem-asciidoctor-pdf/Makefile
@@ -1,34 +1,32 @@
 PORTNAME=	asciidoctor-pdf
-PORTVERSION=	2.3.17
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	2.3.18
 CATEGORIES=	textproc rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Convert AsciiDoc documents to PDF
 WWW=		https://docs.asciidoctor.org/pdf-converter/latest/ \
 		https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor-pdf
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-asciidoctor>=2.0<3:textproc/rubygem-asciidoctor \
 		rubygem-concurrent-ruby>=1.1<2:devel/rubygem-concurrent-ruby \
 		rubygem-matrix>=0.4<1:math/rubygem-matrix \
 		rubygem-prawn24>=2.4.0<2.5:print/rubygem-prawn24 \
 		rubygem-prawn-icon>=3.1.0<3.2:print/rubygem-prawn-icon \
 		rubygem-prawn-svg>=0.35.0<0.36:print/rubygem-prawn-svg \
 		rubygem-prawn-table>=0.2.0<0.3:print/rubygem-prawn-table \
 		rubygem-prawn-templates>=0.1.0<0.2:print/rubygem-prawn-templates \
-		rubygem-rexml>=3.2.6:textproc/rubygem-rexml \
 		rubygem-treetop>=1.6.0<1.7:devel/rubygem-treetop \
 		rubygem-ttfunk17>=1.7.0<1.8:print/rubygem-ttfunk17
 
 USES=		gem
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/asciidoctor-pdf \
 		bin/asciidoctor-pdf-optimize
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/rubygem-asciidoctor-pdf/distinfo b/textproc/rubygem-asciidoctor-pdf/distinfo
index d927af53df44..53709522b1a8 100644
--- a/textproc/rubygem-asciidoctor-pdf/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/rubygem-asciidoctor-pdf/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1717354454
-SHA256 (rubygem/asciidoctor-pdf-2.3.17.gem) = c48afe76a107139c98d46db1d86aa0346c2f8c013342e5b278e063b5e6964777
-SIZE (rubygem/asciidoctor-pdf-2.3.17.gem) = 2276352
+TIMESTAMP = 1722249162
+SHA256 (rubygem/asciidoctor-pdf-2.3.18.gem) = 7028f2a3c6b3e571e266e9222bd687a3602efc787a2e7efc2a8d3f671aaa0e3d
+SIZE (rubygem/asciidoctor-pdf-2.3.18.gem) = 2276352
diff --git a/textproc/rubygem-asciidoctor-pdf/files/patch-gemspec b/textproc/rubygem-asciidoctor-pdf/files/patch-gemspec
index 09aeaaa0cc35..81fbbcd2a861 100644
--- a/textproc/rubygem-asciidoctor-pdf/files/patch-gemspec
+++ b/textproc/rubygem-asciidoctor-pdf/files/patch-gemspec
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
---- asciidoctor-pdf.gemspec.orig	2024-07-04 17:47:15 UTC
+--- asciidoctor-pdf.gemspec.orig	2024-07-28 14:40:29 UTC
 +++ asciidoctor-pdf.gemspec
-@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
    s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<matrix>.freeze, ["~> 0.4".freeze])
    s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<prawn-table>.freeze, ["~> 0.2.0".freeze])
    s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<prawn-templates>.freeze, ["~> 0.1.0".freeze])
 -  s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<prawn-svg>.freeze, ["~> 0.34.0".freeze])
 +  s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<prawn-svg>.freeze, ["~> 0.35.0".freeze])
    s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<prawn-icon>.freeze, ["~> 3.0.0".freeze])
    s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<concurrent-ruby>.freeze, ["~> 1.1".freeze])
--  s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<rexml>.freeze, ["= 3.2.6".freeze])
-+  s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<rexml>.freeze, [">= 3.2.6".freeze])
    s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<treetop>.freeze, ["~> 1.6.0".freeze])
-   s.add_development_dependency(%q<rake>.freeze, ["~> 13.0.0".freeze])
-   s.add_development_dependency(%q<rspec>.freeze, ["~> 3.12.0".freeze])