diff --git a/devel/jsoncpp/Makefile b/devel/jsoncpp/Makefile
index c694b53a7bb1..4e8ff10741e6 100644
--- a/devel/jsoncpp/Makefile
+++ b/devel/jsoncpp/Makefile
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
 PORTNAME=	jsoncpp
-DISTVERSION=	1.9.6
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	1.9.8
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	JSON reader and writer library for C++
 WWW=		https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		compiler:c++11-lang cpe meson pkgconfig python:build,test
+CPE_VENDOR=	jsoncpp_project
+USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
+
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	open-source-parsers
-MESON_ARGS=	--default-library=both
-USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
-CPE_VENDOR=	jsoncpp_project
 
 TEST_TARGET=	test
 
+MESON_ARGS=	--default-library=both \
+		--includedir include/jsoncpp
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/jsoncpp/distinfo b/devel/jsoncpp/distinfo
index d64eafba4b44..1f3bec276167 100644
--- a/devel/jsoncpp/distinfo
+++ b/devel/jsoncpp/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1726117118
-SHA256 (open-source-parsers-jsoncpp-1.9.6_GH0.tar.gz) = f93b6dd7ce796b13d02c108bc9f79812245a82e577581c4c9aabe57075c90ea2
-SIZE (open-source-parsers-jsoncpp-1.9.6_GH0.tar.gz) = 212682
+TIMESTAMP = 1786780167
+SHA256 (open-source-parsers-jsoncpp-1.9.8_GH0.tar.gz) = 51828cf3574281d2b79ec2a1c56a9e4c20cc1103711321ea96384cffb8d2d904
+SIZE (open-source-parsers-jsoncpp-1.9.8_GH0.tar.gz) = 220066
diff --git a/devel/jsoncpp/files/patch-jsoncpp-namespaced-targets.cmake b/devel/jsoncpp/files/patch-jsoncpp-namespaced-targets.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e0961cb6cef8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/jsoncpp/files/patch-jsoncpp-namespaced-targets.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--- jsoncpp-namespaced-targets.cmake.orig	2026-06-14 03:16:10 UTC
++++ jsoncpp-namespaced-targets.cmake
+@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@ if (NOT TARGET JsonCpp::JsonCpp)
+ if (NOT TARGET JsonCpp::JsonCpp)
+-    if (TARGET jsoncpp_static)
++    # Prefer shared library over static library.
++    # This diverges from upstream but makes more sense in Debian
++    if (TARGET jsoncpp_lib)
+         add_library(JsonCpp::JsonCpp INTERFACE IMPORTED)
+-        set_target_properties(JsonCpp::JsonCpp PROPERTIES INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "jsoncpp_static")
+-    elseif (TARGET jsoncpp_lib)
+-        add_library(JsonCpp::JsonCpp INTERFACE IMPORTED)
+         set_target_properties(JsonCpp::JsonCpp PROPERTIES INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "jsoncpp_lib")
++    elseif (TARGET jsoncpp_static)
++        add_library(JsonCpp::JsonCpp INTERFACE IMPORTED)
++        set_target_properties(JsonCpp::JsonCpp PROPERTIES INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "jsoncpp_static")
+     endif ()
+ endif ()
diff --git a/devel/jsoncpp/files/patch-jsoncppConfig.cmake.meson.in b/devel/jsoncpp/files/patch-jsoncppConfig.cmake.meson.in
deleted file mode 100644
index ea15d52a7708..000000000000
--- a/devel/jsoncpp/files/patch-jsoncppConfig.cmake.meson.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-- workaround for https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp/issues/1568
-- [1.9.6 regression] 'find_package(jsoncpp REQUIRED)' fails: Unknown CMake command "check_required_components"
-
---- jsoncppConfig.cmake.meson.in.orig	2024-09-13 17:50:33 UTC
-+++ jsoncppConfig.cmake.meson.in
-@@ -3,6 +3,17 @@
- @MESON_SHARED_TARGET@
- @MESON_STATIC_TARGET@
- 
-+macro(check_required_components _NAME)
-+  foreach(comp ${${_NAME}_FIND_COMPONENTS})
-+    if(NOT ${_NAME}_${comp}_FOUND)
-+      if(${_NAME}_FIND_REQUIRED_${comp})
-+        set(${_NAME}_FOUND FALSE)
-+      endif()
-+    endif()
-+  endforeach()
-+endmacro()
-+
-+
- include ( "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/jsoncpp-namespaced-targets.cmake" )
- 
- check_required_components(JsonCpp)
diff --git a/devel/jsoncpp/pkg-plist b/devel/jsoncpp/pkg-plist
index 68d39b9c29fd..223dbcc296de 100644
--- a/devel/jsoncpp/pkg-plist
+++ b/devel/jsoncpp/pkg-plist
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-include/json/allocator.h
-include/json/assertions.h
-include/json/config.h
-include/json/forwards.h
-include/json/json.h
-include/json/json_features.h
-include/json/reader.h
-include/json/value.h
-include/json/version.h
-include/json/writer.h
+include/jsoncpp/json/allocator.h
+include/jsoncpp/json/assertions.h
+include/jsoncpp/json/config.h
+include/jsoncpp/json/forwards.h
+include/jsoncpp/json/json.h
+include/jsoncpp/json/json_features.h
+include/jsoncpp/json/reader.h
+include/jsoncpp/json/value.h
+include/jsoncpp/json/version.h
+include/jsoncpp/json/writer.h
 lib/cmake/jsoncpp/jsoncpp-namespaced-targets.cmake
 lib/cmake/jsoncpp/jsoncppConfig.cmake
 lib/libjsoncpp.a
 lib/libjsoncpp.so
-lib/libjsoncpp.so.26
+lib/libjsoncpp.so.27
 libdata/pkgconfig/jsoncpp.pc