I note that `rvm: jruby` gave me jruby-head it seems, 9.3.0.0, see openjdk version "1.8.0_191" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_191-8u191-b12-2ubuntu0.16.04.1-b12) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.191-b12, mixed mode) $ javac -J-Xmx32m -version javac 1.8.0_191 $ ruby --version jruby 9.3.0.0-SNAPSHOT (2.6.5) 2020-05-11 3b9b41e228 OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 25.191-b12 on 1.8.0_191-8u191-b12-2ubuntu0.16.04.1-b12 +jit [linux-x86_64] $ rvm --version rvm 1.29.7 (latest) by Michal Papis, Piotr Kuczynski, Wayne E. Seguin [https://rvm.io] $ bundle --version Bundler version 2.1.4 $ gem --version 3.0.6