diff --git a/scripts/package/src/package_managers/gem.sh b/scripts/package/src/package_managers/gem.sh
index 8b08baf7..5b7fdf55 100644
--- a/scripts/package/src/package_managers/gem.sh
+++ b/scripts/package/src/package_managers/gem.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+gem::is_macos_default() {
+	current_ruby_path=$(command -v ruby)
+	default_ruby_path="/usr/bin/ruby"
+
+	platform::is_macos && [[ $current_ruby_path == "$default_ruby_path" ]]
+}
+
 gem::update_all() {
 	outdated=$(gem outdated)
 
diff --git a/scripts/package/update_all b/scripts/package/update_all
index 8ad7fa29..fd1b9c9f 100755
--- a/scripts/package/update_all
+++ b/scripts/package/update_all
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ platform::command_exists mas && output::h2 '🍎 App Store' && mas::update_all
 platform::command_exists brew && output::h2 '🍺 Brew' && brew::update_all
 platform::command_exists pip3 && output::h2 '🐍 pip' && pip::update_all
 platform::command_exists composer && output::h2 '🐘 Composer' && composer::update_all
-platform::command_exists gem && output::h2 '♦️  gem' && gem::update_all
+platform::command_exists gem && ! gem::is_macos_default && output::h2 '♦️  gem' && gem::update_all
 platform::command_exists npm && output::h2 '🌈 npm' && npm::update_all
 platform::command_exists cargo && output::h2 '📦 cargo' && cargo::update_all