diff --git a/ftp/axel/Makefile b/ftp/axel/Makefile
index cbf1722f7726..1f3bcce47a46 100644
--- a/ftp/axel/Makefile
+++ b/ftp/axel/Makefile
@@ -1,29 +1,28 @@
 PORTNAME=	axel
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	2.17.11-21
-DISTVERSIONSUFFIX=	-gd65dffa
+DISTVERSION=	2.17.12
 CATEGORIES=	ftp
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Lightweight CLI download accelerator
 WWW=		https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	autoconf-archive>=0:devel/autoconf-archive \
 		txt2man:textproc/txt2man
 
 USES=		autoreconf gettext-tools gmake pkgconfig ssl
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	axel-download-accelerator
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--with-ssl=openssl
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/axel \
 		man/man1/axel.1.gz
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/ftp/axel/distinfo b/ftp/axel/distinfo
index 9a4086007e01..77053091a198 100644
--- a/ftp/axel/distinfo
+++ b/ftp/axel/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1669338799
-SHA256 (axel-download-accelerator-axel-v2.17.11-21-gd65dffa_GH0.tar.gz) = f58501c4f82e1e9dbf085552387328eccb211fb1592fafae06582899cb0cfbdf
-SIZE (axel-download-accelerator-axel-v2.17.11-21-gd65dffa_GH0.tar.gz) = 101764
+TIMESTAMP = 1706603341
+SHA256 (axel-download-accelerator-axel-v2.17.12_GH0.tar.gz) = 0ba5fa5ffd919faa51b0e55717a59f9475c2913095bc14c27c2e24ab2dad3ce9
+SIZE (axel-download-accelerator-axel-v2.17.12_GH0.tar.gz) = 105170