diff --git a/net/ruby-grpc/Makefile b/net/ruby-grpc/Makefile
index 2cd2df16a80..c8af9514a89 100644
--- a/net/ruby-grpc/Makefile
+++ b/net/ruby-grpc/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 COMMENT =	RPCs from Ruby using gRPC
 
-DISTNAME =	grpc-1.80.0
+VERSION =	1.81.0
+DISTNAME =	grpc-${VERSION}
 CATEGORIES =	net devel
 
 HOMEPAGE =	https://grpc.io/
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ BUILD_DEPENDS = \
 	net/ruby-googleapis-common-protos-types,${MODRUBY_FLAVOR} \
 	devel/ruby-google-protobuf,${MODRUBY_FLAVOR}
 
-LIB_DEPENDS =		net/grpc>=1.80.0
+LIB_DEPENDS =		net/grpc>=${VERSION}
 
 CONFIGURE_STYLE =	ruby gem ext
 
diff --git a/net/ruby-grpc/distinfo b/net/ruby-grpc/distinfo
index 10cdf552563..33f83ae10d3 100644
--- a/net/ruby-grpc/distinfo
+++ b/net/ruby-grpc/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (grpc-1.80.0.gem) = Le0Mi8Oh89NLjHkOAN0BIHaLoOn5/YQeHcZ/eiVm0H0=
-SIZE (grpc-1.80.0.gem) = 7432192
+SHA256 (grpc-1.81.0.gem) = iSxX5azLDaCo7AIQUo6HoWhnQRfXn6SAz4J0adLTQvE=
+SIZE (grpc-1.81.0.gem) = 7434240
diff --git a/net/ruby-grpc/patches/patch-src_ruby_ext_grpc_extconf_rb b/net/ruby-grpc/patches/patch-src_ruby_ext_grpc_extconf_rb
index 6f43225c2ad..a6c55326ef7 100644
--- a/net/ruby-grpc/patches/patch-src_ruby_ext_grpc_extconf_rb
+++ b/net/ruby-grpc/patches/patch-src_ruby_ext_grpc_extconf_rb
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Index: src/ruby/ext/grpc/extconf.rb
  def have_ruby_abi_version()
    return true if RUBY_ENGINE == 'truffleruby'
    # ruby_abi_version is only available in development versions: https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/6231
-@@ -179,13 +160,12 @@ def ext_export_filename()
+@@ -165,13 +146,12 @@ def ext_export_filename()
  end
  
  ext_export_file = File.join(grpc_root, 'src', 'ruby', 'ext', 'grpc', ext_export_filename())