diff --git a/pkg/sca/sca.go b/pkg/sca/sca.go
index 1e59b51d1..6692dc7cc 100644
--- a/pkg/sca/sca.go
+++ b/pkg/sca/sca.go
@@ -577,8 +577,8 @@ func generateRubyDeps(ctx context.Context, hdl SCAHandle, generated *config.Depe
 		}
 	}
 
-	log.Infof("  found ruby gem, generating ruby-%s dependency", rubyGemVer)
-	generated.Runtime = append(generated.Runtime, fmt.Sprintf("ruby-%s", rubyGemVer))
+	log.Infof("  found ruby gem, generating ruby-%s-base dependency", rubyGemVer)
+	generated.Runtime = append(generated.Runtime, fmt.Sprintf("ruby-%s-base", rubyGemVer))
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/sca/sca_test.go b/pkg/sca/sca_test.go
index 5fada7497..22f42c808 100644
--- a/pkg/sca/sca_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sca/sca_test.go
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ func TestRubySca(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	want := config.Dependencies{Runtime: []string{"ruby-3.2"}}
+	want := config.Dependencies{Runtime: []string{"ruby-3.2-base"}}
 
 	if diff := cmp.Diff(want, got); diff != "" {
 		t.Errorf("Analyze(): (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)