diff --git a/INSTALL.txt b/INSTALL.txt
index 152273267..8aad8a26e 100644
--- a/INSTALL.txt
+++ b/INSTALL.txt
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ Or cloning the Git repository from Github:
 Prerequisites
 --------------
 
-BeEF requires Ruby 2.7+.
+BeEF requires Ruby 3.0+.
 
-If your operating system package manager does not support Ruby version 2.7,
+If your operating system package manager does not support Ruby version 3.0,
 you can add the brightbox ppa repository for the latest version of Ruby:
 
   $ sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:brightbox/ruby-ng
diff --git a/beef b/beef
index 8fe6052da..cf6bd7216 100755
--- a/beef
+++ b/beef
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 $VERBOSE = nil
 
 #
-# @note Version check to ensure BeEF is running Ruby 2.7+
+# @note Version check to ensure BeEF is running Ruby 3.0+
 #
-min_ruby_version = '2.7'
+min_ruby_version = '3.0'
 if RUBY_VERSION < min_ruby_version
   puts
   puts "Ruby version #{RUBY_VERSION} is no longer supported. Please upgrade to Ruby version #{min_ruby_version} or later."