diff --git a/.github/autobump.txt b/.github/autobump.txt
index 6fddcaf25457a..190dbe020304f 100644
--- a/.github/autobump.txt
+++ b/.github/autobump.txt
@@ -2393,6 +2393,7 @@ rage
 railway
 rakudo-star
 rancher-cli
+ranger
 rapidfuzz-cpp
 ratchet
 rattler-build
diff --git a/Formula/r/ranger.rb b/Formula/r/ranger.rb
index 3b5649cd1d8ff..1d8b855a0c90a 100644
--- a/Formula/r/ranger.rb
+++ b/Formula/r/ranger.rb
@@ -3,27 +3,18 @@ class Ranger < Formula
 
   desc "File browser"
   homepage "https://ranger.github.io"
+  url "https://github.com/ranger/ranger/archive/refs/tags/v1.9.4.tar.gz"
+  sha256 "7ad75e0d1b29087335fbb1691b05a800f777f4ec9cba84faa19355075d7f0f89"
   license "GPL-3.0-or-later"
-  revision 2
   head "https://github.com/ranger/ranger.git", branch: "master"
 
-  stable do
-    url "https://ranger.github.io/ranger-1.9.3.tar.gz"
-    sha256 "ce088a04c91c25263a9675dc5c43514b7ec1b38c8ea43d9a9d00923ff6cdd251"
-
-    # Drop `imghdr` for python 3.13
-    # Backport of https://github.com/ranger/ranger/commit/9c0d3ba3495bac80142fad518e29b9061be94cc6
-    patch :DATA
-  end
-
   bottle do
-    rebuild 4
-    sha256 cellar: :any_skip_relocation, arm64_sequoia: "29f94668e81c45db4b87f46d183450c306196f58315d34c948090d87552d81a0"
-    sha256 cellar: :any_skip_relocation, arm64_sonoma:  "29f94668e81c45db4b87f46d183450c306196f58315d34c948090d87552d81a0"
-    sha256 cellar: :any_skip_relocation, arm64_ventura: "29f94668e81c45db4b87f46d183450c306196f58315d34c948090d87552d81a0"
-    sha256 cellar: :any_skip_relocation, sonoma:        "c4a0c957609a0dbc3c20f6bb0e420d1166bb65de6c205acca14ee85c880b68da"
-    sha256 cellar: :any_skip_relocation, ventura:       "c4a0c957609a0dbc3c20f6bb0e420d1166bb65de6c205acca14ee85c880b68da"
-    sha256 cellar: :any_skip_relocation, x86_64_linux:  "29f94668e81c45db4b87f46d183450c306196f58315d34c948090d87552d81a0"
+    sha256 cellar: :any_skip_relocation, arm64_sequoia: "97ec1aa9eb07127348df0acbbe74ee70530e3c42b2b34b318d275a5b939b108c"
+    sha256 cellar: :any_skip_relocation, arm64_sonoma:  "97ec1aa9eb07127348df0acbbe74ee70530e3c42b2b34b318d275a5b939b108c"
+    sha256 cellar: :any_skip_relocation, arm64_ventura: "97ec1aa9eb07127348df0acbbe74ee70530e3c42b2b34b318d275a5b939b108c"
+    sha256 cellar: :any_skip_relocation, sonoma:        "9805b7b6198dac4993bf90919395a37d7e26dea6c1a059c87a82f30c56b915af"
+    sha256 cellar: :any_skip_relocation, ventura:       "9805b7b6198dac4993bf90919395a37d7e26dea6c1a059c87a82f30c56b915af"
+    sha256 cellar: :any_skip_relocation, x86_64_linux:  "97ec1aa9eb07127348df0acbbe74ee70530e3c42b2b34b318d275a5b939b108c"
   end
 
   depends_on "python@3.13"
@@ -43,47 +34,3 @@ def install
     assert_equal "Hello World!\n", shell_output("#{bin}/rifle -p 2 test.py")
   end
 end
-
-__END__
-diff --git a/ranger/ext/img_display.py b/ranger/ext/img_display.py
-index ffaa4c0..a7e027e 100644
---- a/ranger/ext/img_display.py
-+++ b/ranger/ext/img_display.py
-@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import base64
- import curses
- import errno
- import fcntl
--import imghdr
- import os
- import struct
- import sys
-@@ -341,12 +340,28 @@ class ITerm2ImageDisplayer(ImageDisplayer, FileManagerAware):
-         with open(path, 'rb') as fobj:
-             return base64.b64encode(fobj.read()).decode('utf-8')
- 
-+    @staticmethod
-+    def imghdr_what(path):
-+        """Replacement for the deprecated imghdr module"""
-+        with open(path, "rb") as img_file:
-+            header = img_file.read(32)
-+            if header[6:10] in (b'JFIF', b'Exif'):
-+                return 'jpeg'
-+            elif header[:4] == b'\xff\xd8\xff\xdb':
-+                return 'jpeg'
-+            elif header.startswith(b'\211PNG\r\n\032\n'):
-+                return 'png'
-+            if header[:6] in (b'GIF87a', b'GIF89a'):
-+                return 'gif'
-+            else:
-+                return None
-+
-     @staticmethod
-     def _get_image_dimensions(path):
-         """Determine image size using imghdr"""
-         file_handle = open(path, 'rb')
-         file_header = file_handle.read(24)
--        image_type = imghdr.what(path)
-+        image_type = ITerm2ImageDisplayer.imghdr_what(path)
-         if len(file_header) != 24:
-             file_handle.close()
-             return 0, 0