diff --git a/ql/src/codeql_ruby/ast/internal/Literal.qll b/ql/src/codeql_ruby/ast/internal/Literal.qll
index 4baf27e1627..e0e1284f4cd 100644
--- a/ql/src/codeql_ruby/ast/internal/Literal.qll
+++ b/ql/src/codeql_ruby/ast/internal/Literal.qll
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ module RationalLiteral {
     final override Generated::Rational generated;
 
     final override string getValueText() {
-      result = generated.getChild().(Generated::Token).getValue()
+      result = generated.getChild().(Generated::Token).getValue() + "r"
     }
 
-    final override string toString() { result = this.getValueText() + "r" }
+    final override string toString() { result = this.getValueText() }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/ql/test/library-tests/ast/literals/literals.expected b/ql/test/library-tests/ast/literals/literals.expected
index 9a15510b0cb..ef964f60b5a 100644
--- a/ql/test/library-tests/ast/literals/literals.expected
+++ b/ql/test/library-tests/ast/literals/literals.expected
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ allLiterals
 | literals.rb:30:1:30:5 | 12.34 | FloatLiteral | 12.34 |
 | literals.rb:31:1:31:7 | 1234e-2 | FloatLiteral | 1234e-2 |
 | literals.rb:32:1:32:7 | 1.234E1 | FloatLiteral | 1.234E1 |
-| literals.rb:35:1:35:3 | 23r | RationalLiteral | 23 |
-| literals.rb:36:1:36:5 | 9.85r | RationalLiteral | 9.85 |
+| literals.rb:35:1:35:3 | 23r | RationalLiteral | 23r |
+| literals.rb:36:1:36:5 | 9.85r | RationalLiteral | 9.85r |
 | literals.rb:39:1:39:2 | 2i | ComplexLiteral | 2i |
 | literals.rb:46:1:46:2 | "" | StringLiteral |  |
 | literals.rb:47:1:47:2 | "" | StringLiteral |  |
@@ -623,8 +623,8 @@ numericLiterals
 | literals.rb:30:1:30:5 | 12.34 | FloatLiteral | 12.34 |
 | literals.rb:31:1:31:7 | 1234e-2 | FloatLiteral | 1234e-2 |
 | literals.rb:32:1:32:7 | 1.234E1 | FloatLiteral | 1.234E1 |
-| literals.rb:35:1:35:3 | 23r | RationalLiteral | 23 |
-| literals.rb:36:1:36:5 | 9.85r | RationalLiteral | 9.85 |
+| literals.rb:35:1:35:3 | 23r | RationalLiteral | 23r |
+| literals.rb:36:1:36:5 | 9.85r | RationalLiteral | 9.85r |
 | literals.rb:39:1:39:2 | 2i | ComplexLiteral | 2i |
 | literals.rb:58:13:58:13 | 2 | IntegerLiteral | 2 |
 | literals.rb:58:17:58:17 | 2 | IntegerLiteral | 2 |
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ floatLiterals
 | literals.rb:31:1:31:7 | 1234e-2 | FloatLiteral | 1234e-2 |
 | literals.rb:32:1:32:7 | 1.234E1 | FloatLiteral | 1.234E1 |
 rationalLiterals
-| literals.rb:35:1:35:3 | 23r | RationalLiteral | 23 |
-| literals.rb:36:1:36:5 | 9.85r | RationalLiteral | 9.85 |
+| literals.rb:35:1:35:3 | 23r | RationalLiteral | 23r |
+| literals.rb:36:1:36:5 | 9.85r | RationalLiteral | 9.85r |
 complexLiterals
 | literals.rb:39:1:39:2 | 2i | ComplexLiteral | 2i |