diff --git a/configs/components/pl-ruby-patch.rb b/configs/components/pl-ruby-patch.rb
index 94e3aa592..db751e2a0 100644
--- a/configs/components/pl-ruby-patch.rb
+++ b/configs/components/pl-ruby-patch.rb
@@ -54,11 +54,15 @@
     end
 
     # make rubygems use our target rbconfig when installing gems
-    case File.basename(base_ruby)
-    when '2.0.0', '2.1.0'
+    base_version = Gem::Version.new(File.basename(base_ruby))
+    if base_version <= Gem::Version.new('2.1.0')
       sed_command = %(s|Gem.ruby|&, '-r/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/share/doc/rbconfig-#{settings[:ruby_version]}-orig.rb'|)
-    else
+    elsif base_version <= Gem::Version.new('3.2.2')
+      sed_command = %(s|Shellwords.split(Gem.ruby)|& << '-r/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/share/doc/rbconfig-#{settings[:ruby_version]}-orig.rb'|)
+    elsif base_version <= Gem::Version.new('3.2.4')
       sed_command = %(s|Gem.ruby.shellsplit|& << '-r/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/share/doc/rbconfig-#{settings[:ruby_version]}-orig.rb'|)
+    else
+      raise "pl-ruby-patch does not support ruby #{base_version} yet"
     end
 
     # rubygems switched which file has the command we need to patch starting in rubygems 3.4.10, which we install in our formula