diff --git a/devel/cli11/Makefile b/devel/cli11/Makefile
index 5e80dee2e3d9..1f82f2dbb721 100644
--- a/devel/cli11/Makefile
+++ b/devel/cli11/Makefile
@@ -1,27 +1,29 @@
 PORTNAME=	cli11
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	2.4.2
+DISTVERSION=	2.5.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Command line parser for C++11 and beyond
 WWW=		https://github.com/CLIUtils/CLI11
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/include/boost/optional.hpp:devel/boost-libs \
 		catch>0:devel/catch # fails with catch2-3.x, see https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=267078
 
 USES=		cmake:testing compiler:c++11-lang
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	CLIUtils
 GH_PROJECT=	CLI11
 
 CMAKE_OFF=	BUILD_TESTING CLI11_BUILD_EXAMPLES
 CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	BUILD_TESTING # CLI11_BOOST # tests fail with Boost, see https://github.com/CLIUtils/CLI11/issues/645
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
+# tests as of 2.5.0: 100% tests passed, 0 tests failed out of 21
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/cli11/distinfo b/devel/cli11/distinfo
index 284948d9d85d..2fbf850ef897 100644
--- a/devel/cli11/distinfo
+++ b/devel/cli11/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1714891858
-SHA256 (CLIUtils-CLI11-v2.4.2_GH0.tar.gz) = f2d893a65c3b1324c50d4e682c0cdc021dd0477ae2c048544f39eed6654b699a
-SIZE (CLIUtils-CLI11-v2.4.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 343478
+TIMESTAMP = 1740715817
+SHA256 (CLIUtils-CLI11-v2.5.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 17e02b4cddc2fa348e5dbdbb582c59a3486fa2b2433e70a0c3bacb871334fd55
+SIZE (CLIUtils-CLI11-v2.5.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 361527