diff --git a/ruby-cairo/.md5sum b/ruby-cairo/.md5sum
index f2e949d3c..dca6fb862 100644
--- a/ruby-cairo/.md5sum
+++ b/ruby-cairo/.md5sum
@@ -1 +1 @@
-14efc24f0cbe281b32882d64f1b0d4b9  rcairo-1.8.1.tar.gz
+35e83d21994d72b07cc7d33787e99805  rcairo-1.8.5.tar.gz
diff --git a/ruby-cairo/Pkgfile b/ruby-cairo/Pkgfile
index a778ca915..5068ca574 100644
--- a/ruby-cairo/Pkgfile
+++ b/ruby-cairo/Pkgfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Depends on: ruby cairo
 
 name=ruby-cairo
-version=1.8.1
+version=1.8.5
 release=1
 source=(http://cairographics.org/releases/rcairo-$version.tar.gz)