diff --git a/ruby.changes b/ruby.changes
index 92136b0..4da8790 100644
--- a/ruby.changes
+++ b/ruby.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Dec 30 07:00:46 UTC 2021 - Marcus Rueckert <mrueckert@suse.de>
+
+- switch the default ruby to 3.1
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Oct 25 18:06:31 UTC 2020 - Marcus Rueckert <mrueckert@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/ruby.spec b/ruby.spec
index 2865aa2..ffa7d4a 100644
--- a/ruby.spec
+++ b/ruby.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           ruby
-Version:        3.0
+Version:        3.1
 Release:        0
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Source:         README