diff --git a/www/rubygem-jwt/Makefile b/www/rubygem-jwt/Makefile
index 3cb924c2964b..7bdd556069dc 100644
--- a/www/rubygem-jwt/Makefile
+++ b/www/rubygem-jwt/Makefile
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 PORTNAME=	jwt
-PORTVERSION=	2.7.1
+PORTVERSION=	2.8.1
 CATEGORIES=	www devel rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	JSON Web Token implementation in Ruby
 WWW=		https://github.com/jwt/ruby-jwt
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
+RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-base64>=0:converters/rubygem-base64
+
 USES=		gem
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/www/rubygem-jwt/distinfo b/www/rubygem-jwt/distinfo
index 71417f723bb4..5195261c8c0a 100644
--- a/www/rubygem-jwt/distinfo
+++ b/www/rubygem-jwt/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1686496894
-SHA256 (rubygem/jwt-2.7.1.gem) = 07357cd2f180739b2f8184eda969e252d850ac996ed0a23f616e8ff0a90ae19b
-SIZE (rubygem/jwt-2.7.1.gem) = 44032
+TIMESTAMP = 1709390984
+SHA256 (rubygem/jwt-2.8.1.gem) = 4baaf38208a172398a802da9410d73235ecfd6af1bd9cb736c69dd44d4dfa30a
+SIZE (rubygem/jwt-2.8.1.gem) = 45568