diff -Nru ruby-defaults-2.3.0+1bbox1~bionic2/debian/changelog ruby-defaults-2.5.0+1bbox1~bionic1/debian/changelog
--- ruby-defaults-2.3.0+1bbox1~bionic2/debian/changelog	2018-04-06 17:30:24.000000000 +0000
+++ ruby-defaults-2.5.0+1bbox1~bionic1/debian/changelog	2018-10-22 16:54:51.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+ruby-defaults (2:2.5.0+1bbox1~bionic1) bionic; urgency=medium
+
+  * Make Ruby 2.5 the default
+
+ -- John Leach <john@brightbox.co.uk>  Mon, 22 Oct 2018 17:54:51 +0100
+
 ruby-defaults (2:2.3.0+1bbox1~bionic2) bionic; urgency=medium
 
   * Don't remove alternatives setup when ruby1.8/1.9 is installed
diff -Nru ruby-defaults-2.3.0+1bbox1~bionic2/debian/control ruby-defaults-2.5.0+1bbox1~bionic1/debian/control
--- ruby-defaults-2.3.0+1bbox1~bionic2/debian/control	2017-01-12 11:31:06.000000000 +0000
+++ ruby-defaults-2.5.0+1bbox1~bionic1/debian/control	2018-10-22 16:52:30.000000000 +0000
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 Package: ruby
 Architecture: all
-Depends: ruby2.3, ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: ruby2.5, ${misc:Depends}
 Suggests: ri, ruby-dev
 Conflicts: ruby-activesupport-3.2, ruby-activesupport-2.3
 Breaks:
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@
  straight-forward, and extensible.
  .
  This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian's default Ruby
- version (currently v2.3).
+ version (currently v2.5).
 
 Package: ruby-dev
 Section: devel
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: same
-Depends: ruby2.3-dev, ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: ruby2.5-dev, ${misc:Depends}
 Description: Header files for compiling extension modules for Ruby (default version)
  Ruby is the interpreted scripting language for quick and easy
  object-oriented programming.  It has many features to process text
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
  many gems.
  .
  This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian's default Ruby
- version (currently v2.3).
+ version (currently v2.5).
 
 Package: ruby-all-dev
 Section: devel
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 Package: libruby
 Section: libs
 Architecture: all
-Depends: libruby2.3, ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: libruby2.5, ${misc:Depends}
 Description: Libraries necessary to run Ruby
  Ruby is the interpreted scripting language for quick and easy
  object-oriented programming.  It has many features to process text
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
  This package includes the 'libruby' library, necessary to run Ruby.
  .
  This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian's default Ruby
- version (currently v2.3).
+ version (currently v2.5).
 
 Package: libtcltk-ruby
 Architecture: all
@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@
  programs to be able to use low level interface for the Tcl/Tk.
  .
  This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian's default Ruby
- version (currently v2.3).
+ version (currently v2.5).
 
 Package: ri
 Architecture: all
-Depends: ruby2.3, ruby2.3-doc, ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: ruby2.5, ruby2.5-doc, ${misc:Depends}
 Description: Ruby Interactive reference
  ri is a command line tool that displays descriptions of built-in Ruby
  methods, classes, and modules. For methods, it shows you the calling
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
  The ri executable itself is in the ruby package.
  .
  This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian's default Ruby
- version (currently v2.3).
+ version (currently v2.5).
 
 Package: ruby-full
 Architecture: all
@@ -123,5 +123,5 @@
  of the Tcl/Tk bindings for Ruby, which are only recommended.
  .
  This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian's default Ruby
- version (currently v2.3).
+ version (currently v2.5).