diff --git a/editors/kakoune/Makefile b/editors/kakoune/Makefile
index 07eaf546a23d..822cf4156795 100644
--- a/editors/kakoune/Makefile
+++ b/editors/kakoune/Makefile
@@ -1,29 +1,29 @@
 PORTNAME=	kakoune
-DISTVERSION=	2026.04.12
+DISTVERSION=	2026.05.21
 CATEGORIES=	editors
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/releases/download/v${DISTVERSION}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	ashish@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Modal code editor with a focus on interactivity
 WWW=		https://kakoune.org
 
 LICENSE=	UNLICENSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/UNLICENSE
 
 # See https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/issues/2520
 RUN_DEPENDS=	setsid:sysutils/setsid
 
 USES=		compiler:c++23-lang tar:bzip2
 DATADIR=	${PREFIX}/share/kak
 DOCSDIR=	${PREFIX}/share/doc/kak
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DEBUG DOCS
 
 DEBUG_MAKE_ARGS=	debug=yes
 
 TEST_TARGET=	test
 
 post-install:
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/kak
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/editors/kakoune/distinfo b/editors/kakoune/distinfo
index ec5929110f05..1539b80817fc 100644
--- a/editors/kakoune/distinfo
+++ b/editors/kakoune/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1775998409
-SHA256 (kakoune-2026.04.12.tar.bz2) = ce67adc8af7b20550463332c38e389cacfdd80f709e14b9940c127091aab0681
-SIZE (kakoune-2026.04.12.tar.bz2) = 638734
+TIMESTAMP = 1782386214
+SHA256 (kakoune-2026.05.21.tar.bz2) = be1deb3fe9808a0733ab1057309da380bb757307e8fdbb22dc478b674b6bad34
+SIZE (kakoune-2026.05.21.tar.bz2) = 639744