diff --git a/metadata/md5-cache/dev-lang/ruby-3.1.6-r2 b/metadata/md5-cache/dev-lang/ruby-3.1.6-r2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c2011c8bebcb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metadata/md5-cache/dev-lang/ruby-3.1.6-r2
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+BDEPEND=>=app-portage/elt-patches-20240116 sys-devel/gnuconfig || ( >=dev-build/automake-1.17-r1:1.17 >=dev-build/automake-1.16.5:1.16 ) || ( >=dev-build/autoconf-2.72-r1:2.72 >=dev-build/autoconf-2.71-r6:2.71 ) >=dev-build/libtool-2.4.7-r3
+DEFINED_PHASES=compile configure install postinst postrm prepare test
+DEPEND=berkdb? ( sys-libs/db:= ) gdbm? ( sys-libs/gdbm:= ) jemalloc? ( dev-libs/jemalloc:= ) jit? ( || ( sys-devel/gcc:* sys-devel/clang:* ) ) ssl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0= ) socks5? ( >=net-proxy/dante-1.1.13 ) systemtap? ( dev-debug/systemtap ) tk? ( dev-lang/tcl:0=[threads] dev-lang/tk:0=[threads] ) dev-libs/libyaml dev-libs/libffi:= sys-libs/readline:0= sys-libs/zlib virtual/libcrypt:= >=app-eselect/eselect-ruby-20231008 valgrind? ( dev-debug/valgrind )
+DESCRIPTION=An object-oriented scripting language
+EAPI=8
+HOMEPAGE=https://www.ruby-lang.org/
+INHERIT=autotools flag-o-matic multiprocessing
+IUSE=berkdb debug doc examples gdbm ipv6 jemalloc jit socks5 +ssl static-libs systemtap tk valgrind xemacs
+KEYWORDS=~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~arm64-macos ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris
+LICENSE=|| ( Ruby-BSD BSD-2 )
+PDEPEND=>=dev-ruby/irb-1.4.1[ruby_targets_ruby31(-)] >=dev-ruby/minitest-5.15.0[ruby_targets_ruby31(-)] >=dev-ruby/power_assert-2.0.1[ruby_targets_ruby31(-)] >=dev-ruby/rake-13.0.6-r2[ruby_targets_ruby31(-)] >=dev-ruby/rbs-2.1.0[ruby_targets_ruby31(-)] >=dev-ruby/rexml-3.2.5[ruby_targets_ruby31(-)] >=dev-ruby/rss-0.2.9[ruby_targets_ruby31(-)] >=dev-ruby/test-unit-3.5.3[ruby_targets_ruby31(-)] >=dev-ruby/typeprof-0.12.2[ruby_targets_ruby31(-)] virtual/rubygems[ruby_targets_ruby31(-)] >=dev-ruby/bundler-2.3.3[ruby_targets_ruby31(-)] >=dev-ruby/did_you_mean-1.6.1[ruby_targets_ruby31(-)] >=dev-ruby/json-2.6.1[ruby_targets_ruby31(-)] >=dev-ruby/rdoc-6.3.3[ruby_targets_ruby31(-)] xemacs? ( app-xemacs/ruby-modes )
+RDEPEND=berkdb? ( sys-libs/db:= ) gdbm? ( sys-libs/gdbm:= ) jemalloc? ( dev-libs/jemalloc:= ) jit? ( || ( sys-devel/gcc:* sys-devel/clang:* ) ) ssl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0= ) socks5? ( >=net-proxy/dante-1.1.13 ) systemtap? ( dev-debug/systemtap ) tk? ( dev-lang/tcl:0=[threads] dev-lang/tk:0=[threads] ) dev-libs/libyaml dev-libs/libffi:= sys-libs/readline:0= sys-libs/zlib virtual/libcrypt:= >=app-eselect/eselect-ruby-20231008
+SLOT=3.1
+SRC_URI=https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/3.1/ruby-3.1.6.tar.xz
+_eclasses_=gnuconfig	ddeb9f8caff1b5f71a09c75b7534df79	toolchain-funcs	d3d42b22a610ce81c267b644bcec9b87	multilib	b2a329026f2e404e9e371097dda47f96	libtool	6b28392a775f807c8be5fc7ec9a605b9	autotools	7d91cc798a8afd8f4e0c6e9587296ebe	flag-o-matic	f14aba975c94ccaa9f357a27e3b17ffe	multiprocessing	1e32df7deee68372153dca65f4a7c21f
+_md5_=8f788b6922a0f79d455ac0a7db7f14d2
diff --git a/metadata/pkg_desc_index b/metadata/pkg_desc_index
index 0a9ffefe9e981..3899bb82841ae 100644
--- a/metadata/pkg_desc_index
+++ b/metadata/pkg_desc_index
@@ -5222,7 +5222,7 @@ dev-lang/qu-prolog 10.6 10.7 10.8: Extended Prolog supporting quantifiers, objec
 dev-lang/rakudo 2024.05 2024.08 2024.10: A compiler for the Raku programming language
 dev-lang/rapydscript-ng 0.7.22 9999: Pythonic JavaScript that doesn't suck
 dev-lang/regina-rexx 3.9.5: Portable Rexx interpreter
-dev-lang/ruby 3.1.4-r3 3.1.5 3.1.6-r1 3.2.4-r2 3.2.4-r3 3.2.5-r1 3.2.5-r2 3.2.6-r1 3.2.6-r2 3.3.4-r2 3.3.5-r1 3.3.6-r1: An object-oriented scripting language
+dev-lang/ruby 3.1.4-r3 3.1.5 3.1.6-r1 3.1.6-r2 3.2.4-r2 3.2.4-r3 3.2.5-r1 3.2.5-r2 3.2.6-r1 3.2.6-r2 3.3.4-r2 3.3.5-r1 3.3.6-r1: An object-oriented scripting language
 dev-lang/rust 1.71.1 1.71.1-r100 1.74.1 1.74.1-r100 1.75.0-r1 1.75.0-r100 1.77.1 1.77.1-r100 1.79.0 1.79.0-r100 1.80.1 1.80.1-r100 1.81.0 1.81.0-r100 1.82.0 1.82.0-r100: Systems programming language from Mozilla
 dev-lang/rust-bin 1.71.1 1.71.1-r100 1.74.1 1.74.1-r100 1.75.0 1.75.0-r100 1.77.1 1.77.1-r100 1.79.0 1.79.0-r100 1.80.1 1.80.1-r100 1.81.0 1.81.0-r100 1.82.0 1.82.0-r100: Systems programming language from Mozilla
 dev-lang/rust-common 1.81.0 1.82.0: Common files shared between multiple slots of Rust
diff --git a/metadata/timestamp.chk b/metadata/timestamp.chk
index dc0a575efafab..08644869d8943 100644
--- a/metadata/timestamp.chk
+++ b/metadata/timestamp.chk
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Tue, 26 Nov 2024 07:35:41 +0000
+Tue, 26 Nov 2024 07:50:40 +0000