diff --git a/metadata/md5-cache/dev-ruby/irb-1.13.2 b/metadata/md5-cache/dev-ruby/irb-1.13.2
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ecbf2edfcfed..0000000000000
--- a/metadata/md5-cache/dev-ruby/irb-1.13.2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-BDEPEND=test? ( ruby_targets_ruby32? ( >=dev-ruby/rdoc-4.0.0[ruby_targets_ruby32(-)] >=dev-ruby/reline-0.4.2[ruby_targets_ruby32(-)] !<app-eselect/eselect-ruby-20231008[ruby_targets_ruby32(-)] ) ruby_targets_ruby33? ( >=dev-ruby/rdoc-4.0.0[ruby_targets_ruby33(-)] >=dev-ruby/reline-0.4.2[ruby_targets_ruby33(-)] !<app-eselect/eselect-ruby-20231008[ruby_targets_ruby33(-)] ) ) ruby_targets_ruby32? ( test? ( dev-ruby/bundler[ruby_targets_ruby32(-)] dev-ruby/debug[ruby_targets_ruby32(-)] dev-ruby/test-unit[ruby_targets_ruby32(-)] dev-ruby/test-unit-ruby-core[ruby_targets_ruby32(-)] ) ) ruby_targets_ruby33? ( test? ( dev-ruby/bundler[ruby_targets_ruby33(-)] dev-ruby/debug[ruby_targets_ruby33(-)] dev-ruby/test-unit[ruby_targets_ruby33(-)] dev-ruby/test-unit-ruby-core[ruby_targets_ruby33(-)] ) ) ruby_targets_ruby32? ( dev-lang/ruby:3.2 ) ruby_targets_ruby33? ( dev-lang/ruby:3.3 ) ruby_targets_ruby32? ( test? ( dev-ruby/rake[ruby_targets_ruby32(-)] ) ) ruby_targets_ruby33? ( test? ( dev-ruby/rake[ruby_targets_ruby33(-)] ) ) ruby_targets_ruby32? ( virtual/rubygems[ruby_targets_ruby32(-)] ) ruby_targets_ruby33? ( virtual/rubygems[ruby_targets_ruby33(-)] ) test? ( ruby_targets_ruby32? ( virtual/rubygems[ruby_targets_ruby32(-)] ) ruby_targets_ruby33? ( virtual/rubygems[ruby_targets_ruby33(-)] ) )
-DEFINED_PHASES=compile configure install prepare setup test unpack
-DEPEND=ruby_targets_ruby32? ( dev-lang/ruby:3.2 ) ruby_targets_ruby33? ( dev-lang/ruby:3.3 ) ruby_targets_ruby32? ( virtual/rubygems[ruby_targets_ruby32(-)] ) ruby_targets_ruby33? ( virtual/rubygems[ruby_targets_ruby33(-)] )
-DESCRIPTION=Interactive Ruby command-line tool for REPL (Read Eval Print Loop)
-EAPI=8
-HOMEPAGE=https://github.com/ruby/irb
-INHERIT=ruby-fakegem
-IUSE=test ruby_targets_ruby32 ruby_targets_ruby33 test test
-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=BSD-2
-RDEPEND=ruby_targets_ruby32? ( >=dev-ruby/rdoc-4.0.0[ruby_targets_ruby32(-)] >=dev-ruby/reline-0.4.2[ruby_targets_ruby32(-)] !<app-eselect/eselect-ruby-20231008[ruby_targets_ruby32(-)] ) ruby_targets_ruby33? ( >=dev-ruby/rdoc-4.0.0[ruby_targets_ruby33(-)] >=dev-ruby/reline-0.4.2[ruby_targets_ruby33(-)] !<app-eselect/eselect-ruby-20231008[ruby_targets_ruby33(-)] ) ruby_targets_ruby32? ( dev-lang/ruby:3.2 ) ruby_targets_ruby33? ( dev-lang/ruby:3.3 ) ruby_targets_ruby32? ( virtual/rubygems[ruby_targets_ruby32(-)] ) ruby_targets_ruby33? ( virtual/rubygems[ruby_targets_ruby33(-)] )
-REQUIRED_USE=|| ( ruby_targets_ruby32 ruby_targets_ruby33 )
-RESTRICT=!test? ( test ) !test? ( test )
-SLOT=0
-SRC_URI=https://github.com/ruby/irb/archive/v1.13.2.tar.gz -> irb-1.13.2.tar.gz
-_eclasses_=toolchain-funcs	98d9f464d912ae6b7316fb8a3721f5db	multilib	a199af442898963433d6f038a88cce9c	ruby-utils	cb2cdbbce7fae7a6b2b1021219b0680d	ruby-ng	960d5adaf301da1ef0ab9bdba5018a6d	ruby-fakegem	bc37b1e2fa23e795fae856dd70a23846
-_md5_=5f5bea72e824d79eed7e857fac758fd4
diff --git a/metadata/md5-cache/dev-ruby/irb-1.16.0 b/metadata/md5-cache/dev-ruby/irb-1.16.0
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..02c545efad15f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metadata/md5-cache/dev-ruby/irb-1.16.0
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+BDEPEND=test? ( ruby_targets_ruby32? ( >=dev-ruby/pp-0.6.0[ruby_targets_ruby32(-)] >=dev-ruby/rdoc-4.0.0[ruby_targets_ruby32(-)] >=dev-ruby/reline-0.4.2[ruby_targets_ruby32(-)] !<app-eselect/eselect-ruby-20231008[ruby_targets_ruby32(-)] ) ruby_targets_ruby33? ( >=dev-ruby/pp-0.6.0[ruby_targets_ruby33(-)] >=dev-ruby/rdoc-4.0.0[ruby_targets_ruby33(-)] >=dev-ruby/reline-0.4.2[ruby_targets_ruby33(-)] !<app-eselect/eselect-ruby-20231008[ruby_targets_ruby33(-)] ) ruby_targets_ruby34? ( >=dev-ruby/pp-0.6.0[ruby_targets_ruby34(-)] >=dev-ruby/rdoc-4.0.0[ruby_targets_ruby34(-)] >=dev-ruby/reline-0.4.2[ruby_targets_ruby34(-)] !<app-eselect/eselect-ruby-20231008[ruby_targets_ruby34(-)] ) ) ruby_targets_ruby32? ( test? ( dev-ruby/bundler[ruby_targets_ruby32(-)] dev-ruby/debug[ruby_targets_ruby32(-)] dev-ruby/test-unit[ruby_targets_ruby32(-)] dev-ruby/test-unit-ruby-core[ruby_targets_ruby32(-)] ) ) ruby_targets_ruby33? ( test? ( dev-ruby/bundler[ruby_targets_ruby33(-)] dev-ruby/debug[ruby_targets_ruby33(-)] dev-ruby/test-unit[ruby_targets_ruby33(-)] dev-ruby/test-unit-ruby-core[ruby_targets_ruby33(-)] ) ) ruby_targets_ruby34? ( test? ( dev-ruby/bundler[ruby_targets_ruby34(-)] dev-ruby/debug[ruby_targets_ruby34(-)] dev-ruby/test-unit[ruby_targets_ruby34(-)] dev-ruby/test-unit-ruby-core[ruby_targets_ruby34(-)] ) ) ruby_targets_ruby32? ( dev-lang/ruby:3.2 ) ruby_targets_ruby33? ( dev-lang/ruby:3.3 ) ruby_targets_ruby34? ( dev-lang/ruby:3.4 ) ruby_targets_ruby32? ( test? ( dev-ruby/rake[ruby_targets_ruby32(-)] ) ) ruby_targets_ruby33? ( test? ( dev-ruby/rake[ruby_targets_ruby33(-)] ) ) ruby_targets_ruby34? ( test? ( dev-ruby/rake[ruby_targets_ruby34(-)] ) ) ruby_targets_ruby32? ( virtual/rubygems[ruby_targets_ruby32(-)] ) ruby_targets_ruby33? ( virtual/rubygems[ruby_targets_ruby33(-)] ) ruby_targets_ruby34? ( virtual/rubygems[ruby_targets_ruby34(-)] ) test? ( ruby_targets_ruby32? ( virtual/rubygems[ruby_targets_ruby32(-)] ) ruby_targets_ruby33? ( virtual/rubygems[ruby_targets_ruby33(-)] ) ruby_targets_ruby34? ( virtual/rubygems[ruby_targets_ruby34(-)] ) )
+DEFINED_PHASES=compile configure install prepare setup test unpack
+DEPEND=ruby_targets_ruby32? ( dev-lang/ruby:3.2 ) ruby_targets_ruby33? ( dev-lang/ruby:3.3 ) ruby_targets_ruby34? ( dev-lang/ruby:3.4 ) ruby_targets_ruby32? ( virtual/rubygems[ruby_targets_ruby32(-)] ) ruby_targets_ruby33? ( virtual/rubygems[ruby_targets_ruby33(-)] ) ruby_targets_ruby34? ( virtual/rubygems[ruby_targets_ruby34(-)] )
+DESCRIPTION=Interactive Ruby command-line tool for REPL (Read Eval Print Loop)
+EAPI=8
+HOMEPAGE=https://github.com/ruby/irb
+INHERIT=ruby-fakegem
+IUSE=test ruby_targets_ruby32 ruby_targets_ruby33 ruby_targets_ruby34 test test
+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=BSD-2
+RDEPEND=ruby_targets_ruby32? ( >=dev-ruby/pp-0.6.0[ruby_targets_ruby32(-)] >=dev-ruby/rdoc-4.0.0[ruby_targets_ruby32(-)] >=dev-ruby/reline-0.4.2[ruby_targets_ruby32(-)] !<app-eselect/eselect-ruby-20231008[ruby_targets_ruby32(-)] ) ruby_targets_ruby33? ( >=dev-ruby/pp-0.6.0[ruby_targets_ruby33(-)] >=dev-ruby/rdoc-4.0.0[ruby_targets_ruby33(-)] >=dev-ruby/reline-0.4.2[ruby_targets_ruby33(-)] !<app-eselect/eselect-ruby-20231008[ruby_targets_ruby33(-)] ) ruby_targets_ruby34? ( >=dev-ruby/pp-0.6.0[ruby_targets_ruby34(-)] >=dev-ruby/rdoc-4.0.0[ruby_targets_ruby34(-)] >=dev-ruby/reline-0.4.2[ruby_targets_ruby34(-)] !<app-eselect/eselect-ruby-20231008[ruby_targets_ruby34(-)] ) ruby_targets_ruby32? ( dev-lang/ruby:3.2 ) ruby_targets_ruby33? ( dev-lang/ruby:3.3 ) ruby_targets_ruby34? ( dev-lang/ruby:3.4 ) ruby_targets_ruby32? ( virtual/rubygems[ruby_targets_ruby32(-)] ) ruby_targets_ruby33? ( virtual/rubygems[ruby_targets_ruby33(-)] ) ruby_targets_ruby34? ( virtual/rubygems[ruby_targets_ruby34(-)] )
+REQUIRED_USE=|| ( ruby_targets_ruby32 ruby_targets_ruby33 ruby_targets_ruby34 )
+RESTRICT=!test? ( test ) !test? ( test )
+SLOT=0
+SRC_URI=https://github.com/ruby/irb/archive/v1.16.0.tar.gz -> irb-1.16.0.tar.gz
+_eclasses_=toolchain-funcs	98d9f464d912ae6b7316fb8a3721f5db	multilib	a199af442898963433d6f038a88cce9c	ruby-utils	cb2cdbbce7fae7a6b2b1021219b0680d	ruby-ng	960d5adaf301da1ef0ab9bdba5018a6d	ruby-fakegem	bc37b1e2fa23e795fae856dd70a23846
+_md5_=91c0c1f4c466e62edd8db400bd9981a6
diff --git a/metadata/pkg_desc_index b/metadata/pkg_desc_index
index 9fe64b5ecc0f9..01583bc887b4c 100644
--- a/metadata/pkg_desc_index
+++ b/metadata/pkg_desc_index
@@ -10114,7 +10114,7 @@ dev-ruby/io-endpoint 0.15.2 0.16.0: Provides a separation of concerns interface
 dev-ruby/io-event 1.1.7 1.10.0 1.11.2 1.12.1 1.14.0 1.14.2: An event loop
 dev-ruby/io-wait 0.3.1 0.3.2 0.3.6: Waits until IO is readable or writable without blocking
 dev-ruby/ipaddr 1.2.7: IPAddr provides a set of methods to manipulate an IPv4 or IPv6 address
-dev-ruby/irb 1.13.2 1.15.2 1.15.3: Interactive Ruby command-line tool for REPL (Read Eval Print Loop)
+dev-ruby/irb 1.15.2 1.15.3 1.16.0: Interactive Ruby command-line tool for REPL (Read Eval Print Loop)
 dev-ruby/itextomml 1.6.1: Native Ruby bindings to itex2MML, which converts itex equations to MathML
 dev-ruby/jbuilder 2.13.0-r1 2.14.0 2.14.1: Create JSON structures via a Builder-style DSL
 dev-ruby/jmespath 1.6.2: Implements JMESPath for Ruby
diff --git a/metadata/timestamp.chk b/metadata/timestamp.chk
index 76e05d5eeb68a..f44237eeb2905 100644
--- a/metadata/timestamp.chk
+++ b/metadata/timestamp.chk
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:00:55 +0000
+Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:16:00 +0000