diff --git a/databases/rubygem-redis/Makefile b/databases/rubygem-redis/Makefile
index 4dc1d499f20b..e7904a6ae30e 100644
--- a/databases/rubygem-redis/Makefile
+++ b/databases/rubygem-redis/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	redis
-PORTVERSION=	3.3.5
+PORTVERSION=	4.0.1
 CATEGORIES=	databases rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
diff --git a/databases/rubygem-redis/distinfo b/databases/rubygem-redis/distinfo
index 1baa039e8c9a..1c321f912c75 100644
--- a/databases/rubygem-redis/distinfo
+++ b/databases/rubygem-redis/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1507043292
-SHA256 (rubygem/redis-3.3.5.gem) = 3b47205af551f81623da98160550270c3aa365e97b46e3a3de8581f8502f8144
-SIZE (rubygem/redis-3.3.5.gem) = 92672
+TIMESTAMP = 1514824406
+SHA256 (rubygem/redis-4.0.1.gem) = 8f7f5eaaeb0f96e4adacfe05aef265d67e229780f20c5bdf4e22121bea1334f8
+SIZE (rubygem/redis-4.0.1.gem) = 91648