diff --git a/sysutils/rubygem-chef/Makefile b/sysutils/rubygem-chef/Makefile
index b637656d540f..6f1a3998bff8 100644
--- a/sysutils/rubygem-chef/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/rubygem-chef/Makefile
@@ -1,66 +1,64 @@
 PORTNAME=	chef
-PORTVERSION=	18.3.0
+PORTVERSION=	18.4.2
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
-MAINTAINER=	ruby@FreeBSD.org
+MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Systems integration framework. Client part
 WWW=		https://www.chef.io/
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-addressable>=0:www/rubygem-addressable \
 		rubygem-aws-sdk-s3>=1.91<2:devel/rubygem-aws-sdk-s3 \
 		rubygem-aws-sdk-secretsmanager>=1.46<2:devel/rubygem-aws-sdk-secretsmanager \
 		rubygem-chef-config>=${PORTVERSION}<${PORTVERSION}_99:sysutils/rubygem-chef-config \
 		rubygem-chef-utils>=${PORTVERSION}<${PORTVERSION}_99:sysutils/rubygem-chef-utils \
 		rubygem-chef-vault>=0:sysutils/rubygem-chef-vault \
 		rubygem-chef-zero>=14.0.11:sysutils/rubygem-chef-zero \
 		rubygem-corefoundation>=0.3.4<0.4:devel/rubygem-corefoundation \
 		rubygem-diff-lcs>=1.2.4<1.6.0:textproc/rubygem-diff-lcs \
 		rubygem-erubis>=2.7<3:www/rubygem-erubis \
 		rubygem-ffi>=1.15.5:devel/rubygem-ffi \
 		rubygem-ffi-libarchive>=1.0.3<2:devel/rubygem-ffi-libarchive \
 		rubygem-ffi-yajl>=2.2<3:devel/rubygem-ffi-yajl \
 		rubygem-iniparse>=1.4<2:devel/rubygem-iniparse \
-		rubygem-inspec-core>=5:devel/rubygem-inspec-core \
+		rubygem-inspec-core>=5<6:devel/rubygem-inspec-core \
 		rubygem-license-acceptance>=1.0.5<3:sysutils/rubygem-license-acceptance \
 		rubygem-mixlib-archive>=0.4<2.0:devel/rubygem-mixlib-archive \
 		rubygem-mixlib-authentication>=2.1<4:devel/rubygem-mixlib-authentication \
 		rubygem-mixlib-cli>=2.1.1<3.0:devel/rubygem-mixlib-cli \
 		rubygem-mixlib-log>=2.0.3<4.0:devel/rubygem-mixlib-log \
 		rubygem-mixlib-shellout>=3.1.1<4.0:devel/rubygem-mixlib-shellout \
 		rubygem-net-ftp>=0:ftp/rubygem-net-ftp \
 		rubygem-net-sftp>=2.1.2<5.0:security/rubygem-net-sftp \
 		rubygem-ohai>=18.0<19:sysutils/rubygem-ohai \
 		rubygem-plist>=3.2<4:devel/rubygem-plist \
 		rubygem-proxifier2>=1.1<2:net/rubygem-proxifier2 \
 		rubygem-syslog-logger>=1.6<2:sysutils/rubygem-syslog-logger \
 		rubygem-train-core>=3.10<4:net/rubygem-train-core \
 		rubygem-train-rest>=0.4.1:net/rubygem-train-rest \
 		rubygem-train-winrm>=0.2.5:net/rubygem-train-winrm \
-		rubygem-unf_ext>=0.0.8.2:textproc/rubygem-unf_ext \
+		rubygem-unf_ext>=0.0.8.2<0.0.9:textproc/rubygem-unf_ext \
 		rubygem-uuidtools>=2.1.5<3.0:devel/rubygem-uuidtools \
 		rubygem-vault>=0.16<1:security/rubygem-vault
 
 USES=		cpe gem shebangfix
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 SUB_LIST=	RUBY=${RUBY}
 USE_RC_SUBR=	chef_client
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	spec/functional/assets/chefinittest \
 		spec/functional/assets/testchefsubsys
 SHEBANG_LANG=	ksh
 
-post-patch:
+x-post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '1d' ${WRKSRC}/spec/data/apt/chef-integration-test*/debian/rules
 
 post-install:
-#	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/distro/common/man/man1/*.1 ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/man/man1/
-#	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/distro/common/man/man8/*.8 ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/man/man8/
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}/var/chef
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/rubygem-chef/distinfo b/sysutils/rubygem-chef/distinfo
index bfa104213b5a..03e66f9c70ee 100644
--- a/sysutils/rubygem-chef/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/rubygem-chef/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1695143545
-SHA256 (rubygem/chef-18.3.0.gem) = df992f58e8d279b8b11fbaba85179911bde14dca7e01416c1d3b4f1e659e4ec5
-SIZE (rubygem/chef-18.3.0.gem) = 1739776
+TIMESTAMP = 1708450570
+SHA256 (rubygem/chef-18.4.2.gem) = 37bd4085380f24293d378dd77efed0c6a050351179addc454c49114950ff022e
+SIZE (rubygem/chef-18.4.2.gem) = 1753088
diff --git a/sysutils/rubygem-chef/files/patch-gemspec b/sysutils/rubygem-chef/files/patch-gemspec
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6b40ad4a6bde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysutils/rubygem-chef/files/patch-gemspec
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- chef.gemspec.orig	2024-02-17 17:39:34 UTC
++++ chef.gemspec
+@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+   s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<mixlib-archive>.freeze, [">= 0.4", "< 2.0"])
+   s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<ohai>.freeze, ["~> 18.0"])
+   s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<inspec-core>.freeze, [">= 5", "< 6"])
+-  s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<ffi>.freeze, ["~> 1.15.5"])
++  s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<ffi>.freeze, [">= 1.15.5"])
+   s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<ffi-yajl>.freeze, ["~> 2.2"])
+   s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<net-sftp>.freeze, [">= 2.1.2", "< 5.0"])
+   s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<net-ftp>.freeze, [">= 0"])