diff --git a/rb/Gemfile.lock b/rb/Gemfile.lock
index c1f94afc83b55..8ce32e2951d64 100644
--- a/rb/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/rb/Gemfile.lock
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ PATH
     selenium-devtools (0.120.0)
       selenium-webdriver (~> 4.2)
     selenium-webdriver (4.17.0.nightly)
+      base64 (~> 0.2)
       rexml (~> 3.2, >= 3.2.5)
       rubyzip (>= 1.2.2, < 3.0)
       websocket (~> 1.0)
diff --git a/rb/selenium-webdriver.gemspec b/rb/selenium-webdriver.gemspec
index 08aae41435014..5c422adc9dddc 100644
--- a/rb/selenium-webdriver.gemspec
+++ b/rb/selenium-webdriver.gemspec
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.bindir = 'bin'
   s.require_paths = ['lib']
 
+  s.add_runtime_dependency 'base64', ['~> 0.2']
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'rexml', ['~> 3.2', '>= 3.2.5']
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'rubyzip', ['>= 1.2.2', '< 3.0']
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'websocket', ['~> 1.0']