diff --git a/textproc/rubygem-rchardet/Makefile b/textproc/rubygem-rchardet/Makefile
index eeff72551b3f..ef63131e30fc 100644
--- a/textproc/rubygem-rchardet/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/rubygem-rchardet/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	rchardet
-PORTVERSION=	1.4.2
+PORTVERSION=	1.6.0
 CATEGORIES=	textproc rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
diff --git a/textproc/rubygem-rchardet/distinfo b/textproc/rubygem-rchardet/distinfo
index e0e503c288ba..8f8ef1942329 100644
--- a/textproc/rubygem-rchardet/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/rubygem-rchardet/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (rubygem/rchardet-1.4.2.gem) = b5c7696d5f57f6a79003bcab158198f93bcbe8d56539849b6f0a4548c08f8f06
-SIZE (rubygem/rchardet-1.4.2.gem) = 153600
+SHA256 (rubygem/rchardet-1.6.0.gem) = 95bed14b16c06695a78aeb3d87ea81a209f94a489766ede5bf8d19ecd869119e
+SIZE (rubygem/rchardet-1.6.0.gem) = 153600