diff --git a/science/segyio/Makefile b/science/segyio/Makefile
index 366410c026d5..b3c4081ff938 100644
--- a/science/segyio/Makefile
+++ b/science/segyio/Makefile
@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
 PORTNAME=	segyio
-DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.9.6
+DISTVERSION=	1.9.7
 CATEGORIES=	science
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Library to interact with SEG-Y & Seismic Unix formatted seismic data
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/License.md
 
 USES=		cmake compiler:c++11-lang
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	equinor
 
 CMAKE_ON=	BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
 CMAKE_OFF=	BUILD_PYTHON
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/segyio/distinfo b/science/segyio/distinfo
index b953895aacb6..c8c43d3951d4 100644
--- a/science/segyio/distinfo
+++ b/science/segyio/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1613972217
-SHA256 (equinor-segyio-v1.9.6_GH0.tar.gz) = c2b0b4ff5bc406449bbf7c346ca3057db0dbc6368db9e2c7320a2b645fe9c56d
-SIZE (equinor-segyio-v1.9.6_GH0.tar.gz) = 3873912
+TIMESTAMP = 1629059554
+SHA256 (equinor-segyio-1.9.7_GH0.tar.gz) = e88a6012c377aaecd72eb77a81f52adace32b670bc9fe51e1d58849fdc008c60
+SIZE (equinor-segyio-1.9.7_GH0.tar.gz) = 3872862