diff --git a/graphics/rubygem-cairo/Makefile b/graphics/rubygem-cairo/Makefile
index 38fb76c950a8f..ce12333cb5c5a 100644
--- a/graphics/rubygem-cairo/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/rubygem-cairo/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	cairo
-PORTVERSION=	1.17.8
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	1.17.12
 CATEGORIES=	graphics rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
diff --git a/graphics/rubygem-cairo/distinfo b/graphics/rubygem-cairo/distinfo
index 0fb478392c967..1147e08a08c3f 100644
--- a/graphics/rubygem-cairo/distinfo
+++ b/graphics/rubygem-cairo/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1662212308
-SHA256 (rubygem/cairo-1.17.8.gem) = 584d96bcb1f983f660b2e1ef51485d1d16bbafc97485be02dd2f92f9af5f626a
-SIZE (rubygem/cairo-1.17.8.gem) = 198656
+TIMESTAMP = 1688167304
+SHA256 (rubygem/cairo-1.17.12.gem) = d19fe81c4eacba3efe0dd03e7541bb72dbbfb39625099d0e8e2993dfb7e5a8ea
+SIZE (rubygem/cairo-1.17.12.gem) = 199168
diff --git a/graphics/rubygem-cairo/files/patch-ext_cairo_rb__cairo__surface.c b/graphics/rubygem-cairo/files/patch-ext_cairo_rb__cairo__surface.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ef565a137127..0000000000000
--- a/graphics/rubygem-cairo/files/patch-ext_cairo_rb__cairo__surface.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
---- ext/cairo/rb_cairo_surface.c.orig	2023-05-29 13:00:29 UTC
-+++ ext/cairo/rb_cairo_surface.c
-@@ -2352,7 +2352,7 @@ Init_cairo_surface (void)
-     rb_define_class_under (rb_mCairo, "GLTextureSurface", rb_cCairo_GLSurface);
- #ifdef RB_CAIRO_HAS_GL_SURFACE
-   rb_define_method (rb_cCairo_GLSurface, "initialize",
--                    cr_gl_surface_initialize, 1);
-+                    cr_gl_surface_initialize, -1);
- 
-   rb_define_method (rb_cCairo_GLSurface, "set_size",
-                     cr_gl_surface_set_size, 2);
-@@ -2366,7 +2366,7 @@ Init_cairo_surface (void)
-   RB_CAIRO_DEF_SETTERS (rb_cCairo_GLSurface);
- 
-   rb_define_method (rb_cCairo_GLTextureSurface, "initialize",
--                    cr_gl_texture_surface_initialize, 1);
-+                    cr_gl_texture_surface_initialize, -1);
- 
-   RB_CAIRO_DEF_SETTERS (rb_cCairo_GLTextureSurface);
- #endif