diff --git a/textproc/rubygem-gitlab-grit/Makefile b/textproc/rubygem-gitlab-grit/Makefile
index 06c569f58f68..c2226d6ee46b 100644
--- a/textproc/rubygem-gitlab-grit/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/rubygem-gitlab-grit/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	gitlab-grit
-PORTVERSION=	2.8.2
+PORTVERSION=	2.8.3
 CATEGORIES=	textproc rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
@@ -9,15 +9,16 @@ MAINTAINER=	ruby@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Library for extracting information from a git repository
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
+LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-charlock_holmes>=0.6:textproc/rubygem-charlock_holmes \
-		rubygem-diff-lcs>=1.1:textproc/rubygem-diff-lcs \
+RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-charlock_holmes>=0.7<1:textproc/rubygem-charlock_holmes \
+		rubygem-diff-lcs>=1.1<2:textproc/rubygem-diff-lcs \
 		rubygem-mime-types>=1.16:misc/rubygem-mime-types \
-		rubygem-posix-spawn>=0.3:devel/rubygem-posix-spawn
+		rubygem-posix-spawn>=0.3<1:devel/rubygem-posix-spawn
+
+USES=		gem
+USE_RUBY=	yes
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
-USE_RUBY=	yes
-USES=		gem
-
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/rubygem-gitlab-grit/distinfo b/textproc/rubygem-gitlab-grit/distinfo
index 397e2f2046be..220f51608cb6 100644
--- a/textproc/rubygem-gitlab-grit/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/rubygem-gitlab-grit/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1506437733
-SHA256 (rubygem/gitlab-grit-2.8.2.gem) = 84d5b28595d60e44d8113e16ec98be704826d6f917d872aa2d8cc217101dfa75
-SIZE (rubygem/gitlab-grit-2.8.2.gem) = 46592
+TIMESTAMP = 1598175424
+SHA256 (rubygem/gitlab-grit-2.8.3.gem) = 7798b83632d4fd8eca7daa65f6a1ee7d07230de5ff0795d5a6dd1444d88f6c77
+SIZE (rubygem/gitlab-grit-2.8.3.gem) = 46592
diff --git a/textproc/rubygem-gitlab-grit/files/patch-gemspec b/textproc/rubygem-gitlab-grit/files/patch-gemspec
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c3bc75c288eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/rubygem-gitlab-grit/files/patch-gemspec
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- gitlab-grit.gemspec.orig	2020-08-23 06:02:57 UTC
++++ gitlab-grit.gemspec
+@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+     if Gem::Version.new(Gem::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
+       s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<charlock_holmes>.freeze, ["~> 0.7"])
+       s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<posix-spawn>.freeze, ["~> 0.3"])
+-      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<mime-types>.freeze, [">= 1.16", "< 3"])
++      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<mime-types>.freeze, [">= 1.16"])
+       s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<diff-lcs>.freeze, ["~> 1.1"])
+       s.add_development_dependency(%q<mocha>.freeze, [">= 0"])
+       s.add_development_dependency(%q<test-unit>.freeze, [">= 0"])