diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/default.nix
index 524734b5a5f..dc7594da17d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/default.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ let
       , buildEnv, bundler, bundix
       , libiconv, libobjc, libunwind, Foundation
       , makeWrapper, buildRubyGem, defaultGemConfig
-      , baseRuby ? buildPackages.ruby.override {
+      , baseRuby ? buildPackages.ruby_3_1.override {
           useRailsExpress = false;
           docSupport = false;
           rubygemsSupport = false;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/ruby-modules/bundler-app/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ruby-modules/bundler-app/default.nix
index 826ce9e5937..5bb9e47cf5a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ruby-modules/bundler-app/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ruby-modules/bundler-app/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@
 }@args:
 
 let
-  basicEnv = (callPackage ../bundled-common {}) args;
+  basicEnv = (callPackage ../bundled-common {
+    inherit ruby;
+  }) args;
 
   cmdArgs = removeAttrs args [ "pname" "postBuild" "gemConfig" "passthru" "gemset" "gemdir" ] // {
     inherit preferLocalBuild allowSubstitutes; # pass the defaults
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 194547c2e80..15d201af88f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4855,7 +4855,13 @@ with pkgs;
     enableExtraPlugins = true;
   };
 
-  asciidoctor = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/asciidoctor { };
+  asciidoctor = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/asciidoctor {
+    bundlerApp = bundlerApp.override {
+      # asciidoc supports both ruby 2 and 3,
+      # but we don't want to be stuck on it:
+      ruby = ruby_3_1;
+    };
+  };
 
   asciidoctor-with-extensions = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/asciidoctor-with-extensions { };