diff --git a/textproc/R-cran-xml2/Makefile b/textproc/R-cran-xml2/Makefile
index 9214eef0d49d..b206e606d1fd 100644
--- a/textproc/R-cran-xml2/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/R-cran-xml2/Makefile
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
 PORTNAME=	xml2
-PORTVERSION=	1.3.8
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	1.4.0
 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 e7d16c843523..ba8acb5f66aa 100644
--- a/textproc/R-cran-xml2/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/R-cran-xml2/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1742448401
-SHA256 (xml2_1.3.8.tar.gz) = 725d2243638c279d276086ddc70a2b13fb9de81e95a1d55a1156c35c32ad1007
-SIZE (xml2_1.3.8.tar.gz) = 152925
+TIMESTAMP = 1755946370
+SHA256 (xml2_1.4.0.tar.gz) = 0c2e829477f85d36b15f90a2fabb6d286842c6bbb4a5b6ad1ad5ce855a24dc62
+SIZE (xml2_1.4.0.tar.gz) = 153365