diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 7f70b2e..a36f381 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ gemspec
 gem 'rake', require: false
 
 group :test do
+  # base64 is a bundled gem in Ruby >= 3.4, so it must be declared explicitly.
+  gem 'base64'
   gem 'simplecov', '~> 0.22.0'
   gem 'simplecov-html', '~> 0.13.1'
   gem 'simplecov-lcov', '~> 0.8.0'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 6dfa6ea..1a94eeb 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ GEM
     addressable (2.9.0)
       public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 8.0)
     ast (2.4.3)
+    base64 (0.3.0)
     bigdecimal (4.1.2)
     coderay (1.1.3)
     commander (4.6.0)
@@ -100,10 +101,12 @@ GEM
 
 PLATFORMS
   aarch64-linux
+  arm64-darwin-24
   x86_64-darwin-22
   x86_64-linux
 
 DEPENDENCIES
+  base64
   pry
   rake
   rb-readline