diff --git a/biology/diamond/Makefile b/biology/diamond/Makefile
index 011f1e49a1d9..814b5a0fd4a2 100644
--- a/biology/diamond/Makefile
+++ b/biology/diamond/Makefile
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 PORTNAME=	diamond
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	2.1.16
+DISTVERSION=	2.1.23
 CATEGORIES=	biology
 
 MAINTAINER=	jrm@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	BLAST-compatible local sequence aligner
 WWW=		http://ab.inf.uni-tuebingen.de/software/diamond/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=	aarch64 amd64 powerpc64 powerpc64le
 
-USES=		cmake
+USES=		cmake localbase sqlite
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	bbuchfink
 
 TEST_TARGET=	test
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/diamond
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/biology/diamond/distinfo b/biology/diamond/distinfo
index 41115fd980a1..35f73c549523 100644
--- a/biology/diamond/distinfo
+++ b/biology/diamond/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1764357045
-SHA256 (bbuchfink-diamond-v2.1.16_GH0.tar.gz) = bdbe7264ea64c29745af83a011345f6fa4b9a5c98e89fbaaba3f04e088f821a8
-SIZE (bbuchfink-diamond-v2.1.16_GH0.tar.gz) = 987318
+TIMESTAMP = 1771509636
+SHA256 (bbuchfink-diamond-v2.1.23_GH0.tar.gz) = ebac52b733216b6d2585fdf13e99edf5edffcc6f8c46a340a445bb03684c8726
+SIZE (bbuchfink-diamond-v2.1.23_GH0.tar.gz) = 1132970