diff --git a/devel/rubygem-activesupport4/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-activesupport4/Makefile
index c025eb651a45..61efe5c5a102 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-activesupport4/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-activesupport4/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	activesupport
-PORTVERSION=	4.2.7.1
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	4.2.8
 CATEGORIES=	devel rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	4
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/MIT-LICENSE
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-i18n>=0.7:devel/rubygem-i18n \
-		rubygem-json1>=1.7.7:devel/rubygem-json1 \
 		rubygem-minitest>=5.1:devel/rubygem-minitest \
 		rubygem-thread_safe>=0.3.4:devel/rubygem-thread_safe \
 		rubygem-tzinfo>=1.1:devel/rubygem-tzinfo
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-activesupport4/distinfo b/devel/rubygem-activesupport4/distinfo
index e9eac6bb0950..f5f09be3d518 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-activesupport4/distinfo
+++ b/devel/rubygem-activesupport4/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1471421577
-SHA256 (rubygem/activesupport-4.2.7.1.gem) = 241bbcefbd472a2685e84952ca9c0dbec5665121ea88b312602c777ba608babd
-SIZE (rubygem/activesupport-4.2.7.1.gem) = 331264
+TIMESTAMP = 1488464883
+SHA256 (rubygem/activesupport-4.2.8.gem) = 111ac36c5b3861a3546eeff5b972ae5170e8861c3ea8c035cd851627da6f2b72
+SIZE (rubygem/activesupport-4.2.8.gem) = 332800