diff --git a/databases/rubygem-mysql2/Makefile b/databases/rubygem-mysql2/Makefile
index 1a6abd2ae035..877861440b11 100644
--- a/databases/rubygem-mysql2/Makefile
+++ b/databases/rubygem-mysql2/Makefile
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 PORTNAME=	mysql2
-PORTVERSION=	0.5.5
+PORTVERSION=	0.5.6
 CATEGORIES=	databases rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
 MAINTAINER=	ruby@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Simple, fast MySQL library for Ruby, binding to libmysql
 WWW=		https://github.com/brianmario/mysql2
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		gem mysql ssl
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/databases/rubygem-mysql2/distinfo b/databases/rubygem-mysql2/distinfo
index c1372531d47a..f4bab9818234 100644
--- a/databases/rubygem-mysql2/distinfo
+++ b/databases/rubygem-mysql2/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1675192025
-SHA256 (rubygem/mysql2-0.5.5.gem) = 76d11f8590a821060b8465e82eb0b2965767acee876991c4981c365c82905bbe
-SIZE (rubygem/mysql2-0.5.5.gem) = 86528
+TIMESTAMP = 1708450752
+SHA256 (rubygem/mysql2-0.5.6.gem) = 70f447d45d6b3cc16b00f7dd30366f708a81b4093a35d026ff7135d778d8da33
+SIZE (rubygem/mysql2-0.5.6.gem) = 86528