diff --git a/net/fort/Makefile b/net/fort/Makefile
index 18cc4fc55150..32b9a2a645b1 100644
--- a/net/fort/Makefile
+++ b/net/fort/Makefile
@@ -1,42 +1,43 @@
 PORTNAME=	fort
-DISTVERSION=	1.6.8
+DISTVERSION=	1.7.0
+DISTVERSIONSUFFIX=	.experimental
 CATEGORIES=	net
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/NICMx/FORT-validator/releases/download/${DISTVERSION}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	philip@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	FORT Validator is an open source RPKI validator
 WWW=		https://fortproject.net/en/validator
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libcurl.so:ftp/curl \
 		libjansson.so:devel/jansson \
 		libmicrohttpd.so:www/libmicrohttpd
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/rsync:net/rsync
 
 USES=		gnome localbase:ldflags pkgconfig ssl
 USE_GNOME=	libxml2
 USE_RC_SUBR=	fort
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
 SUB_FILES=	pkg-message
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s|-O2 -g||" \
 		${PATCH_WRKSRC}/src/Makefile.in
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s|/tmp/fort|${ETCDIR}|" \
 		${PATCH_WRKSRC}/examples/config.json
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s|/usr/local/ssl|/etc/ssl|" \
 		${PATCH_WRKSRC}/examples/config.json
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s|rsync\",|${LOCALBASE}/bin/rsync\",|" \
 		${PATCH_WRKSRC}/examples/config.json
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "/\"daemon\": false,/d" \
 		${PATCH_WRKSRC}/examples/config.json
 post-install:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/repository ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/tal
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/examples/config.json \
 		${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/fort-config.json.sample
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net/fort/distinfo b/net/fort/distinfo
index 1af8c45becee..a2b556e1b4a3 100644
--- a/net/fort/distinfo
+++ b/net/fort/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1781149575
-SHA256 (fort-1.6.8.tar.gz) = e43766cd58fbe40800b68398418b5378473c101eb34f9997a182c34ef0567998
-SIZE (fort-1.6.8.tar.gz) = 517056
+TIMESTAMP = 1785376527
+SHA256 (fort-1.7.0.experimental.tar.gz) = 70075f82effe5cf9752b13463f50c4379fdf93e5c28bdf6cba04e9621e2288cc
+SIZE (fort-1.7.0.experimental.tar.gz) = 519328