diff --git a/agent-system/src/ShellCommand.cc b/agent-system/src/ShellCommand.cc
index 166857756..aeca1811a 100644
--- a/agent-system/src/ShellCommand.cc
+++ b/agent-system/src/ShellCommand.cc
@@ -145,9 +145,10 @@ shellcommand ( const string &target_root, const string &command, const string &t
 
 	    // #223602
 	    // close all file descriptors above stderr
-	    for ( int i = getdtablesize() - 1; i > 2; --i ) {
-		close( i );
-	    }
+            //
+            // But Ruby uses some for thread communications,
+            // bsc#1218064, so don't.
+            // Systemd daemon handling has meanwhile solved the original bug.
 
             // we want to work on different target root
             if (target_root != "/")
diff --git a/package/yast2-core.changes b/package/yast2-core.changes
index 8cecffc3f..2bf59e6d0 100644
--- a/package/yast2-core.changes
+++ b/package/yast2-core.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan 10 16:22:03 UTC 2024 - Martin Vidner <mvidner@suse.com>
+
+- Don't close file descriptors in .target.bash calls (bsc#1218064)
+  avoiding "[ASYNC BUG] rb_thread_wakeup_timer_thread: write(3) EBADF"
+  with Ruby 3.3
+- 5.0.2
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 28 13:24:23 UTC 2023 - Stefan Hundhammer <shundhammer@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/package/yast2-core.spec b/package/yast2-core.spec
index 13e19ca3c..232a0bc49 100644
--- a/package/yast2-core.spec
+++ b/package/yast2-core.spec
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 %bcond_with werror
 
 Name:           yast2-core
-Version:        5.0.1
+Version:        5.0.2
 Release:        0
 Url:            https://github.com/yast/yast-core