diff --git a/databases/ruby-kyotocabinet/Makefile b/databases/ruby-kyotocabinet/Makefile
index 8cbefa5ce0b2..526d42d3837a 100644
--- a/databases/ruby-kyotocabinet/Makefile
+++ b/databases/ruby-kyotocabinet/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	kyotocabinet
-PORTVERSION=	1.8
+PORTVERSION=	1.9
 CATEGORIES=	databases ruby
 MASTER_SITES=	http://1978th.net/kyotocabinet/rubypkg/
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${RUBY_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
diff --git a/databases/ruby-kyotocabinet/distinfo b/databases/ruby-kyotocabinet/distinfo
index 5fcfa0f22d95..615121f56046 100644
--- a/databases/ruby-kyotocabinet/distinfo
+++ b/databases/ruby-kyotocabinet/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-MD5 (ruby/kyotocabinet-ruby-1.8.tar.gz) = 291d9b8896a5e278509bf61266b81134
-SHA256 (ruby/kyotocabinet-ruby-1.8.tar.gz) = 30cafbac0f2b6e00660fd596ec518dbe9e20ab8c2a5d5e9f07078c5c0f206a59
-SIZE (ruby/kyotocabinet-ruby-1.8.tar.gz) = 52877
+MD5 (ruby/kyotocabinet-ruby-1.9.tar.gz) = 30233e90ab85b2714f9d93e99bb416c8
+SHA256 (ruby/kyotocabinet-ruby-1.9.tar.gz) = c8ef95fcbd1b94e95c6478ee186a820f66a2cae8c239c7e6e2ac60f7e28b6869
+SIZE (ruby/kyotocabinet-ruby-1.9.tar.gz) = 53963