diff --git a/devel/rubygem-io-event/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-io-event/Makefile
index 0b6b7f03d447..705d52a1e4ed 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-io-event/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-io-event/Makefile
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 PORTNAME=	io-event
-PORTVERSION=	1.7.5
+PORTVERSION=	1.8.1
 CATEGORIES=	devel rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Event loop
 WWW=		https://socketry.github.io/io-event/ \
 		https://github.com/socketry/io-event
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/license.md
 
 USES=		gem
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-io-event/distinfo b/devel/rubygem-io-event/distinfo
index 1474f020fec2..712ad14c8dcb 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-io-event/distinfo
+++ b/devel/rubygem-io-event/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1735228120
-SHA256 (rubygem/io-event-1.7.5.gem) = 99fbc90dd0f35b3b6a52e52f06fd6e38737017d0d2141c0b9bcab913fa5052e8
-SIZE (rubygem/io-event-1.7.5.gem) = 44544
+TIMESTAMP = 1738982888
+SHA256 (rubygem/io-event-1.8.1.gem) = e1963ae619216081a57ec5cc16f1f554f213590c636d419e478b7654349754e2
+SIZE (rubygem/io-event-1.8.1.gem) = 43520