diff --git a/textproc/rubygem-linguistics/Makefile b/textproc/rubygem-linguistics/Makefile
index 9ee7d4e07f9c..5c3216feb6b5 100644
--- a/textproc/rubygem-linguistics/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/rubygem-linguistics/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	linguistics
-PORTVERSION=	1.0.8
+PORTVERSION=	1.0.9
 CATEGORIES=	textproc rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
diff --git a/textproc/rubygem-linguistics/distinfo b/textproc/rubygem-linguistics/distinfo
index 88cd40c3d379..553101e58ac2 100644
--- a/textproc/rubygem-linguistics/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/rubygem-linguistics/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (rubygem/linguistics-1.0.8.gem) = b63eb293ebd2d0b4cca29eb84f89855216b31c77f8470fe1f5996e1fb091f729
-SIZE (rubygem/linguistics-1.0.8.gem) = 97280
+SHA256 (rubygem/linguistics-1.0.9.gem) = 646355fbc21e8a0276896475b5fd92891835484d5d1afe4b52d0e1c6300c9130
+SIZE (rubygem/linguistics-1.0.9.gem) = 104448