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@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ The following default gems are updated.
 * erb 4.0.3
 * fiddle 1.1.2
 * fileutils 1.7.1
-* irb 1.8.0
+* irb 1.8.1
 * nkf 0.1.3
 * optparse 0.4.0.pre.1
 * psych 5.1.0