diff --git a/databases/rubygem-mario-redis-lock/Makefile b/databases/rubygem-mario-redis-lock/Makefile
index f10eb62b1264..fde650c90868 100644
--- a/databases/rubygem-mario-redis-lock/Makefile
+++ b/databases/rubygem-mario-redis-lock/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	mario-redis-lock
 PORTVERSION=	1.2.0
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTREVISION=	2
 CATEGORIES=	databases rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ COMMENT=	Ruby distributed lock using Redis, with emphasis in transparency
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
-RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-redis3>=3.3.3:databases/rubygem-redis3
+RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-redis>=4:databases/rubygem-redis
 
 USES=		gem
 USE_RUBY=	yes
+
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/databases/rubygem-mario-redis-lock/files/patch-mario-redis-lock.gemspec b/databases/rubygem-mario-redis-lock/files/patch-mario-redis-lock.gemspec
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..298cad7c5bb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/databases/rubygem-mario-redis-lock/files/patch-mario-redis-lock.gemspec
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- mario-redis-lock.gemspec.orig	2018-01-03 01:55:48 UTC
++++ mario-redis-lock.gemspec
+@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+     s.specification_version = 4
+ 
+     if Gem::Version.new(Gem::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
+-      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<redis>.freeze, [">= 3.0.5", "~> 3"])
++      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<redis>.freeze, [">= 3.0.5"])
+       s.add_development_dependency(%q<bundler>.freeze, ["~> 1"])
+       s.add_development_dependency(%q<rake>.freeze, ["~> 10"])
+     else
+@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+       s.add_dependency(%q<rake>.freeze, ["~> 10"])
+     end
+   else
+-    s.add_dependency(%q<redis>.freeze, [">= 3.0.5", "~> 3"])
++    s.add_dependency(%q<redis>.freeze, [">= 3.0.5"])
+     s.add_dependency(%q<bundler>.freeze, ["~> 1"])
+     s.add_dependency(%q<rake>.freeze, ["~> 10"])
+   end