diff --git a/databases/mysql-connector-c++/Makefile b/databases/mysql-connector-c++/Makefile
index 0ac2f3d95c2a..a75be528d3dd 100644
--- a/databases/mysql-connector-c++/Makefile
+++ b/databases/mysql-connector-c++/Makefile
@@ -1,61 +1,61 @@
 PORTNAME=	mysql-connector-c++
-DISTVERSION=	9.6.0
+DISTVERSION=	9.7.0
 CATEGORIES=	databases
 MASTER_SITES=	MYSQL/Connector-C++
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}-src
 
 MAINTAINER=	bofh@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	MySQL database connector for C++
 WWW=		https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/connector-cpp/en/index.html
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2 # only
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libboost_regex.so:devel/boost-libs \
 		liblz4.so:archivers/liblz4 \
 		libprotobuf.so:devel/protobuf \
 		libzstd.so:archivers/zstd
 
 USES=		cmake:noninja compiler:c++17-lang cpe gmake mysql ssl
 IGNORE_WITH_MYSQL=	105m 106m 1011m
 CPE_VENDOR=	oracle
 USE_CXXSTD=	c++17
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 CMAKE_ARGS=	-DCMAKE_ENABLE_C++17=ON \
 		-DWITH_LZ4=system \
 		-DWITH_PROTOBUF=system \
 		-DWITH_SYSTEM_LIBS=1 \
 		-DWITH_ZLIB=system \
 		-DWITH_ZSTD=system
 
 PLIST_SUB=	PORTVERSION=${DISTVERSION}
 PORTDOCS=	*
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS JDBC
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	JDBC
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 
 JDBC_DESC=	Build  JDBC Interface
 
 DOCS_BUILD_DEPENDS=	doxygen:devel/doxygen
 DOCS_CMAKE_ON=		-DDOC_DESTINATION="${DOCSDIR}" \
 			-DWITH_DOC=ON
 JDBC_LIB_DEPENDS=	libunwind.so:devel/libunwind
 JDBC_CMAKE_ON=		-DWITH_JDBC=ON
 
 post-install:
 	@${RM} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/INFO_BIN
 	@${RM} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/INFO_SRC
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/cmake
 	@${MV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/mysql-*.cmake \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/cmake/
 
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${RM} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}/INSTALL \
 		${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}/LICENSE.txt
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	cd ${BUILD_WRKSRC}/doc && \
 		${COPYTREE_SHARE} html ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/databases/mysql-connector-c++/distinfo b/databases/mysql-connector-c++/distinfo
index b5a4e4126d4d..dc8ca6927489 100644
--- a/databases/mysql-connector-c++/distinfo
+++ b/databases/mysql-connector-c++/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1775913790
-SHA256 (mysql-connector-c++-9.6.0-src.tar.gz) = b25a9a139855da9713c863b5a64c7f10c52eded76b2c04a2fb2deb9aab456b3d
-SIZE (mysql-connector-c++-9.6.0-src.tar.gz) = 4789835
+TIMESTAMP = 1778693680
+SHA256 (mysql-connector-c++-9.7.0-src.tar.gz) = 9a3dd4fe441a8191f761192ecdc717c18a58a1cbb6e39623debb7196c3075b0e
+SIZE (mysql-connector-c++-9.7.0-src.tar.gz) = 4790031