diff --git a/dns/dnsdist/Makefile b/dns/dnsdist/Makefile
index 2ef5dab01f8d..8913c93e848c 100644
--- a/dns/dnsdist/Makefile
+++ b/dns/dnsdist/Makefile
@@ -1,97 +1,96 @@
 PORTNAME=	dnsdist
-DISTVERSION=	1.9.5
+DISTVERSION=	1.9.6
 CATEGORIES=	dns net
 MASTER_SITES=	https://downloads.powerdns.com/releases/
 
 MAINTAINER=	tremere@cainites.net
 COMMENT=	Highly DNS-, DoS- and abuse-aware loadbalancer
 WWW=		https://dnsdist.org/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2 ISCL MIT
 LICENSE_COMB=	multi
 LICENSE_FILE_GPLv2=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 LICENSE_FILE_ISCL=	${WRKSRC}/ext/ipcrypt/LICENSE
 LICENSE_FILE_MIT=	${WRKSRC}/ext/yahttp/LICENSE
 
 NOT_FOR_ARCHS=	i386
 NOT_FOR_ARCHS_REASON=	archs with 32-bits time_t are no longer supported by upstream
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/lib/libatomic_ops.a:devel/libatomic_ops
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libboost_serialization.so:devel/boost-libs \
 		libnghttp2.so:www/libnghttp2 \
 		libquiche.so:net/quiche \
 		libre2.so:devel/re2 \
 		libsodium.so:security/libsodium
 
 USES=		bison:alias compiler:c++14-lang cpe gmake libedit libtool \
 		localbase pkgconfig tar:bz2
 CPE_VENDOR=	powerdns
 USE_RC_SUBR=	dnsdist
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
-GNU_CONFIGURE_MANPREFIX=	${PREFIX}/share
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--bindir=${PREFIX}/sbin \
 		--enable-dns-over-http3 \
 		--enable-dns-over-https \
 		--enable-dns-over-quic \
 		--enable-dns-over-tls \
 		--enable-dnscrypt \
 		--sysconfdir=${ETCDIR} \
 		--with-libsodium \
 		--with-re2
 
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 LDFLAGS+=	-Wl,--as-needed
 
 USERS=		_dnsdist
 GROUPS=		_dnsdist
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		DNSTAP SNMP
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	CDB GNUTLS LMDB LUA OPENSSL
 OPTIONS_GROUP=		KSVOPT
 OPTIONS_GROUP_KSVOPT=	CDB LMDB
 OPTIONS_MULTI=		TLS
 OPTIONS_MULTI_TLS=	GNUTLS OPENSSL
 OPTIONS_SINGLE=		EXTLUA
 OPTIONS_SINGLE_EXTLUA=	LUA LUAJIT
 
 CDB_DESC=	CDB backend
 DNSTAP_DESC=	dnstap support (see dnstap.info)
 KSVOPT_DESC=	Key Value Stores
 LMDB_DESC=	LMDB backend
 LUAJIT_DESC=	Use luajit
 LUA_DESC=	Use lang/lua
 
 CDB_LIB_DEPENDS=	libcdb.so:databases/tinycdb
 CDB_CONFIGURE_ON=	CDB_CFLAGS="-I${LOCALBASE}/include" \
 			CDB_LIBS="-L${LOCALBASE}/lib -lcdb"
 
 DNSTAP_LIB_DEPENDS=		libfstrm.so:devel/fstrm
 DNSTAP_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	dnstap
 
 GNUTLS_LIB_DEPENDS=	libgnutls.so:security/gnutls
 GNUTLS_CONFIGURE_WITH=	gnutls
 
 LMDB_LIB_DEPENDS=	liblmdb.so:databases/lmdb
 LMDB_CONFIGURE_ON=	--with-lmdb=${LOCALBASE}
 LMDB_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--without-lmdb
 
 LUAJIT_USES=		luajit
 LUAJIT_CONFIGURE_ON=	--with-lua=luajit
 
 LUA_USES=		lua
 LUA_CONFIGURE_ON=	--with-lua=lua-${LUA_VER}
 
 OPENSSL_USES=		ssl
 OPENSSL_CONFIGURE_ON=	LIBSSL_CFLAGS=-I${OPENSSLINC} \
 			LIBSSL_LIBS="-L${OPENSSLLIB} -lssl"
 OPENSSL_CONFIGURE_WITH=	libssl
 
 SNMP_LIB_DEPENDS=	libnetsnmp.so:net-mgmt/net-snmp
 SNMP_CONFIGURE_WITH=	net-snmp
 
 post-install:
 #	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}
 	${MV} ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/dnsdist.conf-dist ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/dnsdist.conf.sample
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/dns/dnsdist/distinfo b/dns/dnsdist/distinfo
index f0bd204877d9..2abc0749088d 100644
--- a/dns/dnsdist/distinfo
+++ b/dns/dnsdist/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1718880224
-SHA256 (dnsdist-1.9.5.tar.bz2) = 4aee9088de5edaeff2a4104f3ea669605ae3e92e5dab9006c725f7775f6d254c
-SIZE (dnsdist-1.9.5.tar.bz2) = 1607962
+TIMESTAMP = 1721310460
+SHA256 (dnsdist-1.9.6.tar.bz2) = f6c48d95525693fea6bd9422f3fdf69a77c75b06f02ed14ff0f42072f72082c9
+SIZE (dnsdist-1.9.6.tar.bz2) = 1598874