diff --git a/ruby.changes b/ruby.changes
index 654de7e..f391aa1 100644
--- a/ruby.changes
+++ b/ruby.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 14 12:56:17 CET 2017 - behlert@suse.de
+
+- switch the default ruby to 2.5 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jul 11 06:42:29 UTC 2017 - coolo@suse.com
 
diff --git a/ruby.spec b/ruby.spec
index edc44ab..7da90cd 100644
--- a/ruby.spec
+++ b/ruby.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           ruby
-Version:        2.4
+Version:        2.5
 Release:        0
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Source:         README