diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-rubygem.yml b/.github/workflows/release-rubygem.yml
index 08c22acc0..010ac5ab2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-rubygem.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-rubygem.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4
       - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
         with:
-          ruby-version: '3.0.2'
+          ruby-version: '3.2'
           bundler-cache: true
       - uses: cucumber/action-publish-rubygem@v1.0.0
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-ruby.yml b/.github/workflows/test-ruby.yml
index 411322e9e..91d9253b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-ruby.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-ruby.yml
@@ -24,16 +24,14 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os:
           - ubuntu-latest
-        ruby: ["2.6", "2.7", "3.0", "3.1"]
+        ruby: ['2.6', '2.7', '3.0', '3.1', '3.2']
         include:
           - os: macos-latest
-            ruby: "3.1"
+            ruby: '3.2'
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4
-
-      - name: Set up Ruby
-        uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
+      - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
         with:
           ruby-version: ${{ matrix.ruby }}
           bundler-cache: true
@@ -42,6 +40,5 @@ jobs:
       - run: bundle exec rake
         working-directory: ruby
 
-      - name: run acceptance tests
-        run: make acceptance
-        working-directory: ruby
\ No newline at end of file
+      - run: make acceptance
+        working-directory: ruby
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4f13528b0..59cba7c44 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ This document is formatted according to the principles of [Keep A CHANGELOG](htt
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 ### Changed
-- [.NET] Bump sdk to .net 8. Added .net 8 to test platforms.
-- [Go] Upgraded messages to v22
+- [.NET] Bump sdk to .net 8. Added .net 8 to test platforms
+- [Go, Perl, Ruby] Upgraded messages to v22
 - [Go] Improve performance - don't compile regex on matcher create
 - [Perl] Fix release packaging
 - [Perl] Include CHANGELOG.md in tarball
-- [Perl] Upgrade messages to v22
-- [Perl] Harmonized error reporting with mainstream implementations  errors are now converted to messages and reported in the message stream ([#31](https://github.com/cucumber/gherkin/issues/31))
+- [Perl] Harmonized error reporting with mainstream implementations - errors are now converted to messages and reported in the message stream ([#31](https://github.com/cucumber/gherkin/issues/31))
+- [Ruby] Update minimum ruby requirement from 2.3 to 2.5
 
 ### Added
 - (i18n) Added Malayalam localization
diff --git a/ruby/cucumber-gherkin.gemspec b/ruby/cucumber-gherkin.gemspec
index 12aedebc1..eab7da58b 100644
--- a/ruby/cucumber-gherkin.gemspec
+++ b/ruby/cucumber-gherkin.gemspec
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.homepage    = 'https://github.com/cucumber/gherkin'
   s.platform    = Gem::Platform::RUBY
   s.license     = 'MIT'
-  s.required_ruby_version = '>= 2.3'
+  s.required_ruby_version = '>= 2.5'
 
   s.metadata = {
     'bug_tracker_uri' => 'https://github.com/cucumber/gherkin/issues',
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     'source_code_uri' => 'https://github.com/cucumber/gherkin/blob/main/ruby'
   }
 
-  s.add_runtime_dependency 'cucumber-messages', '>= 19.1.4', '< 22.1'
+  s.add_runtime_dependency 'cucumber-messages', '>= 19.1.4', '< 23'
 
   s.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 13.0', '>= 13.0.6'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 3.11', '>= 3.11.0'