diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/OVERVIEW.md b/google-cloud-bigquery/OVERVIEW.md
index 4290af8d4094..5a52e98d62bb 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/OVERVIEW.md
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/OVERVIEW.md
@@ -368,9 +368,9 @@ BigQuery](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/streaming-data-into-bigquery).
 ### Uploading a file
 
 To follow along with this example, please download the
-[names.zip](http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/names.zip) archive from the U.S.
-Social Security Administration. Inside the archive you will find over 100 files
-containing baby name records since the year 1880.
+`names.zip` archive in `https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/names.zip`, sourced
+from the U.S. Social Security Administration. Inside the archive you will find
+over 100 files containing baby name records since the year 1880.
 
 ```ruby
 require "google/cloud/bigquery"
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/README.md b/google-cloud-bigquery/README.md
index 32d3409f061a..197e30d0e957 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/README.md
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/README.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Google::Apis.logger = my_logger
 
 ## Supported Ruby Versions
 
-This library is supported on Ruby 3.0+.
+This library is supported on Ruby 3.1+.
 
 Google provides official support for Ruby versions that are actively supported
 by Ruby Core—that is, Ruby versions that are either in normal maintenance or
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery.gemspec b/google-cloud-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery.gemspec
index 147d10ba7696..5f8a09e041f8 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery.gemspec
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery.gemspec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
                        "CHANGELOG.md", "CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md", "LICENSE", ".yardopts"]
   gem.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
-  gem.required_ruby_version = ">= 3.0"
+  gem.required_ruby_version = ">= 3.1"
 
   gem.add_dependency "bigdecimal", "~> 3.0"
   gem.add_dependency "concurrent-ruby", "~> 1.0"