diff --git a/converters/simdutf/Makefile b/converters/simdutf/Makefile
index 9ce339e73b96..a036d2e312cc 100644
--- a/converters/simdutf/Makefile
+++ b/converters/simdutf/Makefile
@@ -1,35 +1,35 @@
 PORTNAME=	simdutf
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	5.6.1
+DISTVERSION=	5.6.2
 CATEGORIES=	converters textproc
 
 MAINTAINER=	fuz@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Unicode validation and transcoding with SIMD
 WWW=		https://simdutf.github.io/simdutf/
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20 MIT
 LICENSE_COMB=	dual
 LICENSE_FILE_APACHE20=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE-APACHE
 LICENSE_FILE_MIT=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE-MIT
 
 USES=		cmake:testing compiler:c++17-lang pathfix python:build,test
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	SIMDUTF_TESTS
 
 CMAKE_ON=	BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
 CMAKE_OFF=	SIMDUTF_TESTS
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	ICONV TOOLS
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	ICONV TOOLS
 OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
 
 TOOLS_DESC=		Build tools
 
 ICONV_USES=	iconv
 ICONV_CMAKE_BOOL=	SIMDUTF_ICONV
 
 TOOLS_CMAKE_BOOL=	SIMDUTF_TOOLS
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/converters/simdutf/distinfo b/converters/simdutf/distinfo
index 95ebcfbd138f..17451229a887 100644
--- a/converters/simdutf/distinfo
+++ b/converters/simdutf/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1731486961
-SHA256 (simdutf-simdutf-v5.6.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 660bddffbc96a819b6a79ed95a8386bc71ae3950ee34155a5e4a0f2ef01eb04f
-SIZE (simdutf-simdutf-v5.6.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 2005637
+TIMESTAMP = 1731622670
+SHA256 (simdutf-simdutf-v5.6.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 325c012e7c29e549779cebfe5a43a3197d9d675b6764f6de547ef19905b56b76
+SIZE (simdutf-simdutf-v5.6.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 2006362
diff --git a/converters/simdutf/pkg-descr b/converters/simdutf/pkg-descr
index d8319ef380ee..13499c3b1e10 100644
--- a/converters/simdutf/pkg-descr
+++ b/converters/simdutf/pkg-descr
@@ -1,26 +1,27 @@
 This library provide fast Unicode functions such as
 
  - ASCII, UTF-8, UTF-16LE/BE and UTF-32 validation, with and without
    error identification,
  - transcoding between each of Latin1, UTF-8, UTF-16LE/BE, and UTF-32,
    with and without validation, with and without error identification
  - From an UTF-8 string, compute the size of the Latin1/UTF-16/UTF-32
    equivalent string,
  - From an UTF-16LE/BE string, compute the size of the
    Latin1/UTF-8/UTF-32 equivalent string,
  - From an UTF-32 string, compute the size of the UTF-8 or UTF-16LE
    equivalent string,
  - UTF-8 and UTF-16LE/BE character counting.
  - UTF-16 endianness change (UTF16-LE/BE to UTF-16-BE/LE)
+ - Base64 encoding and decoding
 
 The functions are accelerated using SIMD instructions (e.g., ARM NEON,
 SSE, AVX, AVX-512, etc.). When your strings contain hundreds of
 characters, we can often transcode them at speeds exceeding a billion
 characters per second. You should expect high speeds not only with
 English strings (ASCII) but also Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and so
 forth. We handle the full character range (including, for example,
 emojis).
 
 The library compiles down to a small library of a few hundred kilobytes.
 Our functions are exception-free and non allocating. We have extensive
 tests and extensive benchmarks.