diff --git a/textproc/vale/Makefile b/textproc/vale/Makefile
index 239161385be2..44fc495b6f01 100644
--- a/textproc/vale/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/vale/Makefile
@@ -1,22 +1,21 @@
 PORTNAME=	vale
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	3.9.5
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	3.9.6
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 
 MAINTAINER=	bofh@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Command-line tool that brings editorial style guide to life
 WWW=		https://vale.sh/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		go:1.23,modules
 
 GO_BUILDFLAGS+=	-ldflags="-s -w -X main.Version=${DISTVERSION}"
 GO_MODULE=	github.com/errata-ai/${PORTNAME}/v3
 GO_TARGET=	./cmd/vale
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/vale
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/vale/distinfo b/textproc/vale/distinfo
index 586c729dd536..a8b2ca18c77f 100644
--- a/textproc/vale/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/vale/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1738991797
-SHA256 (go/textproc_vale/vale-v3.9.5/v3.9.5.mod) = 6b1ea5cc2d67dbed58698ad72b1204d14f436114925ecff1725a7a9a38382eaa
-SIZE (go/textproc_vale/vale-v3.9.5/v3.9.5.mod) = 2146
-SHA256 (go/textproc_vale/vale-v3.9.5/v3.9.5.zip) = 7b5dd10f3e9ba41d3c4f941fc0c09655ea37c9f05cf01b9866c8983d3b16f79d
-SIZE (go/textproc_vale/vale-v3.9.5/v3.9.5.zip) = 10153307
+TIMESTAMP = 1741072781
+SHA256 (go/textproc_vale/vale-v3.9.6/v3.9.6.mod) = 6b1ea5cc2d67dbed58698ad72b1204d14f436114925ecff1725a7a9a38382eaa
+SIZE (go/textproc_vale/vale-v3.9.6/v3.9.6.mod) = 2146
+SHA256 (go/textproc_vale/vale-v3.9.6/v3.9.6.zip) = dc37594f98ca4d97353e9c39e89f5d8062e7ab969184edc41be181b9706f659f
+SIZE (go/textproc_vale/vale-v3.9.6/v3.9.6.zip) = 10153488