diff --git a/www/rubygem-rack-protection/Makefile b/www/rubygem-rack-protection/Makefile
index bf4346f1c285..804e72ba00c3 100644
--- a/www/rubygem-rack-protection/Makefile
+++ b/www/rubygem-rack-protection/Makefile
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
 PORTNAME=	rack-protection
-PORTVERSION=	3.1.0
+PORTVERSION=	4.0.0
 CATEGORIES=	www rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Collection of Rack middleware to protect against opportunistic attack
 WWW=		https://sinatrarb.com/protection/ \
 		https://github.com/sinatra/sinatra/tree/main/rack-protection
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/License
 
-RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-rack22>=2.2.4,3<3,3:www/rubygem-rack22
+RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-base64>=0.1.0:converters/rubygem-base64 \
+		rubygem-rack>=3.0.0,3<4,3:www/rubygem-rack
 
 USES=		gem
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/www/rubygem-rack-protection/distinfo b/www/rubygem-rack-protection/distinfo
index dabfbf4ab02e..5dd02c2cc40e 100644
--- a/www/rubygem-rack-protection/distinfo
+++ b/www/rubygem-rack-protection/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1692212015
-SHA256 (rubygem/rack-protection-3.1.0.gem) = f9bc997fa87ab5fe3eb5d9d00e2a6222df3f9b8e6e9d610909ea3fc6203a5f77
-SIZE (rubygem/rack-protection-3.1.0.gem) = 20480
+TIMESTAMP = 1708450652
+SHA256 (rubygem/rack-protection-4.0.0.gem) = d0db6185caa46a8c0d134c2c6b4803f4f392a67b2984da311409cb505f67bbf6
+SIZE (rubygem/rack-protection-4.0.0.gem) = 17408