diff --git a/textproc/rubygem-escape_utils12/Makefile b/textproc/rubygem-escape_utils12/Makefile
index 7bc668caaf45..0ec76e3b16f4 100644
--- a/textproc/rubygem-escape_utils12/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/rubygem-escape_utils12/Makefile
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 # Created by: Scott Sanders <scott@jssjr.com>
 
 PORTNAME=	escape_utils
-PORTVERSION=	1.2.0
+PORTVERSION=	1.2.1
 CATEGORIES=	textproc rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	12
 
 MAINTAINER=	ruby@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Faster string escaping routines for your web apps
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		gem
 USE_RUBY=	yes
 
 PORTSCOUT=	limit:^1\.2\.
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/rubygem-escape_utils12/distinfo b/textproc/rubygem-escape_utils12/distinfo
index b15c52fca4a1..291dad604c91 100644
--- a/textproc/rubygem-escape_utils12/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/rubygem-escape_utils12/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1655984236
-SHA256 (rubygem/escape_utils-1.2.0.gem) = 05497be965b95971c8bdf393c0cc851e7beefbf0061af66d820c20535ebcb2ab
-SIZE (rubygem/escape_utils-1.2.0.gem) = 26624
+TIMESTAMP = 1656702606
+SHA256 (rubygem/escape_utils-1.2.1.gem) = e5292fe8d7e12a9bcb4502d99e28fb602e4e1514690d98a1c4957f6f77b4b162
+SIZE (rubygem/escape_utils-1.2.1.gem) = 27136