diff --git a/textproc/R-cran-xml2/Makefile b/textproc/R-cran-xml2/Makefile
index 132bbb55a1d7..917c405f1243 100644
--- a/textproc/R-cran-xml2/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/R-cran-xml2/Makefile
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 PORTNAME=	xml2
-PORTVERSION=	1.5.2
+PORTVERSION=	1.6.0
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	tota@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Parse XML
 WWW=		https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/xml2/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	R-cran-cli>0:devel/R-cran-cli \
 		R-cran-rlang>=1.1.0:devel/R-cran-rlang
 
 USES=		cran:auto-plist,compiles gnome
 USE_GNOME=	libxml2
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/R-cran-xml2/distinfo b/textproc/R-cran-xml2/distinfo
index 240add81326f..90cb07a46a9a 100644
--- a/textproc/R-cran-xml2/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/R-cran-xml2/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1768755310
-SHA256 (xml2_1.5.2.tar.gz) = ed87cfa478f9e4c398288963cf7b0e1a66ba08f54d909b261a4a6c35944f50ab
-SIZE (xml2_1.5.2.tar.gz) = 154697
+TIMESTAMP = 1782251344
+SHA256 (xml2_1.6.0.tar.gz) = b0660edab0a839866a0cccd44721c54d497000fd6577a25106a33280318bf579
+SIZE (xml2_1.6.0.tar.gz) = 155466