diff --git a/dev-ruby/data_objects/data_objects-0.10.17.ebuild b/dev-ruby/data_objects/data_objects-0.10.17-r1.ebuild
similarity index 89%
rename from dev-ruby/data_objects/data_objects-0.10.17.ebuild
rename to dev-ruby/data_objects/data_objects-0.10.17-r1.ebuild
index 91b4116a8..e186a7412 100644
--- a/dev-ruby/data_objects/data_objects-0.10.17.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ruby/data_objects/data_objects-0.10.17-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=7
+EAPI=8
 
 USE_RUBY="ruby31 ruby32"
 
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 IUSE=""
 
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}"/fixnum.patch )
+
 ruby_add_bdepend "test? ( >=dev-ruby/yard-0.5 >=dev-ruby/rspec-2.5 )"
 
 ruby_add_rdepend ">=dev-ruby/addressable-2.1"
diff --git a/dev-ruby/data_objects/files/fixnum.patch b/dev-ruby/data_objects/files/fixnum.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7dc5a845b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-ruby/data_objects/files/fixnum.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -Naur data_objects-0.10.17/lib/data_objects/pooling.rb data_objects-0.10.17_ruby3/lib/data_objects/pooling.rb
+--- data_objects-0.10.17/lib/data_objects/pooling.rb	2024-12-04 14:56:52.395632266 -0500
++++ data_objects-0.10.17_ruby3/lib/data_objects/pooling.rb	2024-12-04 14:58:36.111921235 -0500
+@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
+       attr_reader :used
+ 
+       def initialize(max_size, resource, args)
+-        raise ArgumentError.new("+max_size+ should be a Fixnum but was #{max_size.inspect}") unless Fixnum === max_size
++        raise ArgumentError.new("+max_size+ should be an Integer but was #{max_size.inspect}") unless Integer === max_size
+         raise ArgumentError.new("+resource+ should be a Class but was #{resource.inspect}") unless Class === resource
+ 
+         @max_size = max_size