diff --git a/archivers/zlib-ng/Makefile b/archivers/zlib-ng/Makefile
index 870623290312..0c92d4168e58 100644
--- a/archivers/zlib-ng/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/zlib-ng/Makefile
@@ -1,26 +1,27 @@
 PORTNAME=	zlib-ng
-DISTVERSION=	2.2.1
+DISTVERSION=	2.2.2
 CATEGORIES=	archivers
 
 MAINTAINER=	vvd@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Fork of the zlib data compression library
 WWW=		https://github.com/zlib-ng/zlib-ng
 
 LICENSE=	ZLIB
 
 USES=		cmake:${TESTING} compiler:c11
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 PLIST_SUB=	SHLIB_VER=${DISTVERSION}
 
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=	SIMD TEST
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=		SIMD TEST
+OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	SIMD
 
 SIMD_CMAKE_BOOL=	WITH_OPTIM
 TEST_BUILD_DEPENDS=	googletest>=0:devel/googletest
 TEST_CMAKE_BOOL=	ZLIB_ENABLE_TESTS ZLIBNG_ENABLE_TESTS
 # error: use of undeclared identifier 'isascii'
 TEST_CFLAGS=		-D__XSI_VISIBLE
 TEST_VARS=		TESTING=testing
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/archivers/zlib-ng/distinfo b/archivers/zlib-ng/distinfo
index b63b152ad147..9877aeb3196a 100644
--- a/archivers/zlib-ng/distinfo
+++ b/archivers/zlib-ng/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1719931511
-SHA256 (zlib-ng-zlib-ng-2.2.1_GH0.tar.gz) = ec6a76169d4214e2e8b737e0850ba4acb806c69eeace6240ed4481b9f5c57cdf
-SIZE (zlib-ng-zlib-ng-2.2.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 2412427
+TIMESTAMP = 1726653783
+SHA256 (zlib-ng-zlib-ng-2.2.2_GH0.tar.gz) = fcb41dd59a3f17002aeb1bb21f04696c9b721404890bb945c5ab39d2cb69654c
+SIZE (zlib-ng-zlib-ng-2.2.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 2413349