diff --git a/textproc/utf8proc/Makefile b/textproc/utf8proc/Makefile
index 2bd1be6e0593..c618dd89c1f0 100644
--- a/textproc/utf8proc/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/utf8proc/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	utf8proc
-PORTVERSION=	2.5.0
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
+DISTVERSION=	2.6.1
 CATEGORIES=	textproc devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	hrs@FreeBSD.org
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ COMMENT=	UTF-8 processing library
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.md
 
-TEST_DEPENDS=	curl:ftp/curl
+TEST_DEPENDS=	curl:ftp/curl \
+		ruby${RUBY_SUFFIX}:lang/ruby${RUBY_SUFFIX}
 
 USES=		gmake perl5
 
@@ -20,9 +21,14 @@ USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	JuliaStrings
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 USE_PERL5=	test
+USE_RUBY=	yes
+RUBY_NO_BUILD_DEPENDS=	yes
+RUBY_NO_RUN_DEPENDS=	yes
 
 MAKE_ARGS=	prefix=${PREFIX}
+
 TEST_TARGET=	check
+TEST_ENV+=	LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
 
 CONFLICTS=	libutf8proc-[0-9]*
 
@@ -30,7 +36,7 @@ PLIST_FILES=	include/utf8proc.h \
 		lib/libutf8proc.a \
 		lib/libutf8proc.so \
 		lib/libutf8proc.so.2 \
-		lib/libutf8proc.so.2.3.2 \
+		lib/libutf8proc.so.2.4.1 \
 		libdata/pkgconfig/libutf8proc.pc
 PORTDOCS=	NEWS.md README.md
 
diff --git a/textproc/utf8proc/distinfo b/textproc/utf8proc/distinfo
index 782917a40e56..ab159dfcd6eb 100644
--- a/textproc/utf8proc/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/utf8proc/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1587548900
-SHA256 (JuliaStrings-utf8proc-v2.5.0_GH0.tar.gz) = d4e8dfc898cfd062493cb7f42d95d70ccdd3a4cd4d90bec0c71b47cca688f1be
-SIZE (JuliaStrings-utf8proc-v2.5.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 155485
+TIMESTAMP = 1608108854
+SHA256 (JuliaStrings-utf8proc-v2.6.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 4c06a9dc4017e8a2438ef80ee371d45868bda2237a98b26554de7a95406b283b
+SIZE (JuliaStrings-utf8proc-v2.6.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 182903