diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 2d640b16853..24dfab3d01a 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ libKScreenLocker.so.5 kscreenlocker-5.8.4_1
 libparted.so.2 libparted-3.1_1
 libparted-fs-resize.so.0 libparted-3.1_1
 libntfs-3g.so.88 ntfs-3g-2017.3.23_1
-libruby.so.2.6 ruby-2.6.0_1
+libruby.so.2.7 ruby-2.7.1_1
 libprocessui.so.7 libksysguard-5.8.4_1
 libksignalplotter.so.7 libksysguard-5.8.4_1
 libksgrd.so.7 libksysguard-5.8.4_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ruby/template b/srcpkgs/ruby/template
index 3a8097f65cc..b5eb453007d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ruby/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ruby/template
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'ruby'
-_ruby_abiver=2.6.0
+_ruby_abiver=2.7.0
 
 pkgname=ruby
-version=2.6.5
-revision=3
+version=2.7.1
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-shared --disable-rpath
  DOXYGEN=/usr/bin/doxygen DOT=/usr/bin/dot PKG_CONFIG=/usr/bin/pkg-config"
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ homepage="http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="Ruby, BSD-2-Clause"
 distfiles="https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=97ddf1b922f83c1f5c50e75bf54e27bba768d75fea7cda903b886c6745e60f0a
+checksum=d703d58a67e7ed822d6e4a6ea9e44255f689a5b6ea6752d17e8d031849822202
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	*-musl)	# Broken on the builders but successfully built locally