diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/default.nix
index 7365cd522734..2a2392011d13 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/default.nix
@@ -223,10 +223,10 @@ in {
   };
 
   ruby_2_6 = generic {
-    version = rubyVersion "2" "6" "0" "";
+    version = rubyVersion "2" "6" "1" "";
     sha256 = {
-      src = "0wn0gxlx6xhhqrm2caxp0h6cj4nw7knnv5gh27qqzj0i9a95phzk";
-      git = "0bwbl4hz18dd5aij2l4s6xy90dc17d03kk577gdl34l9mbd9m7mn";
+      src = "1f0w37jz2ryvlx260rw3s3wl0wg7dkzphb54lpvrqg90pfvly0hp";
+      git = "07gp7df1izw9rdbp9ciw4q5kq8icx3zd5w1xrhwsw0dfbsmmnsrj";
     };
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/patchsets.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/patchsets.nix
index 8afc64edb3fd..fae76c706121 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/patchsets.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/ruby/patchsets.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ rec {
     "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/2.5/head/railsexpress/02-improve-gc-stats.patch"
     "${patchSet}/patches/ruby/2.5/head/railsexpress/03-more-detailed-stacktrace.patch"
   ];
-  "2.6.0" = ops useRailsExpress [ # no Rails Express patchset yet (2018-12-26)
+  "2.6.1" = ops useRailsExpress [ # no Rails Express patchset yet (2019-01-30)
   ];
 }