diff --git a/dev-ruby/version_gem/version_gem-1.1.3.ebuild b/dev-ruby/version_gem/version_gem-1.1.3.ebuild
index 9c744b1f7b0e9..51562f14aa2af 100644
--- a/dev-ruby/version_gem/version_gem-1.1.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ruby/version_gem/version_gem-1.1.3.ebuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
-USE_RUBY="ruby30 ruby31 ruby32"
+USE_RUBY="ruby31 ruby32"
 
 RUBY_FAKEGEM_BINWRAP=""
 RUBY_FAKEGEM_EXTRADOC="CHANGELOG.md README.md"
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ SLOT="$(ver_cut 1)"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ppc ~riscv ~x86"
 IUSE=""
 
+ruby_add_bdepend "test? ( dev-ruby/rspec-block_is_expected )"
+
 all_ruby_prepare() {
 	sed -i -e 's/if RUN_COVERAGE/if false/' spec/spec_helper.rb || die