diff --git a/databases/rubygem-memcache-client/Makefile b/databases/rubygem-memcache-client/Makefile
index 6d2c62ff547b..990943dfd975 100644
--- a/databases/rubygem-memcache-client/Makefile
+++ b/databases/rubygem-memcache-client/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	memcache-client
-PORTVERSION=	1.5.0
+PORTVERSION=	1.7.1
 CATEGORIES=	databases rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RF
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	seattlerb
diff --git a/databases/rubygem-memcache-client/distinfo b/databases/rubygem-memcache-client/distinfo
index ea3f8e04a53b..f36c4ce6c0da 100644
--- a/databases/rubygem-memcache-client/distinfo
+++ b/databases/rubygem-memcache-client/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-MD5 (rubygem/memcache-client-1.5.0.gem) = 97a8bc54c781cb34d951889ac7c0e9bc
-SHA256 (rubygem/memcache-client-1.5.0.gem) = 0617f6b27411890907c7e102c948d557d419539ed5fa5a9c25a8699326dcca3d
-SIZE (rubygem/memcache-client-1.5.0.gem) = 17408
+MD5 (rubygem/memcache-client-1.7.1.gem) = 8b339b787dacec25f5714305ec7af697
+SHA256 (rubygem/memcache-client-1.7.1.gem) = f9ac217f223e6723b204eacd8c948bc71b1cc99d090f430e85b6f27413978d2e
+SIZE (rubygem/memcache-client-1.7.1.gem) = 22528