diff --git a/dev-ruby/backports/backports-3.8.0.ebuild b/dev-ruby/backports/backports-3.8.0.ebuild
index 520a7249f2428..bbd00ec13ab2b 100644
--- a/dev-ruby/backports/backports-3.8.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ruby/backports/backports-3.8.0.ebuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
-USE_RUBY="ruby22 ruby23 ruby24"
+USE_RUBY="ruby23 ruby24 ruby25"
 RUBY_FAKEGEM_RECIPE_DOC="rdoc"
 RUBY_FAKEGEM_TASK_TEST="test"