diff --git a/print/rubygem-pdf-reader/Makefile b/print/rubygem-pdf-reader/Makefile
index 97110acf14f8..3fef82af13a4 100644
--- a/print/rubygem-pdf-reader/Makefile
+++ b/print/rubygem-pdf-reader/Makefile
@@ -1,25 +1,24 @@
 PORTNAME=	pdf-reader
-PORTVERSION=	2.15.1
+PORTVERSION=	2.16.0
 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<2:print/rubygem-afm \
 		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/distinfo b/print/rubygem-pdf-reader/distinfo
index 1057e085cfd5..0c47faff255a 100644
--- a/print/rubygem-pdf-reader/distinfo
+++ b/print/rubygem-pdf-reader/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1767157781
-SHA256 (rubygem/pdf-reader-2.15.1.gem) = 18c6a986a84a3117fa49f4279fc2de51f5d2399b71833df5d2bccd595c7068ce
-SIZE (rubygem/pdf-reader-2.15.1.gem) = 241152
+TIMESTAMP = 1787588408
+SHA256 (rubygem/pdf-reader-2.16.0.gem) = bf1b5564c085264d8279bde3cf1467778b75841494d20c0fe7da3dad475f3732
+SIZE (rubygem/pdf-reader-2.16.0.gem) = 244736