diff --git a/textproc/highlight/Makefile b/textproc/highlight/Makefile
index b9e1cb264d37..a3b9b286e1f4 100644
--- a/textproc/highlight/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/highlight/Makefile
@@ -1,49 +1,49 @@
 PORTNAME=	highlight
-DISTVERSION=	4.20
+DISTVERSION=	4.21
 PORTEPOCH=	3
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 MASTER_SITES=	http://andre-simon.de/zip/
 
 MAINTAINER=	mce@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Customizable syntax highlighter
 WWW=		http://andre-simon.de/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/include/boost/scoped_array.hpp:devel/boost-libs
 
 USES=		compiler:c++17-lang gmake lua pkgconfig tar:bzip2
 MAKEFILE=	makefile
 MAKE_ARGS=	CXX="${CXX}" \
 		CFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS} -DHAVE_DECL_GETOPT -I${LOCALBASE}/include" \
 		LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
 ALL_TARGET=	all # cli
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install
 
 PORTDATA=	*
 PORTDOCS=	*
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS GUI
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 
 GUI_USES=	gl qt:6,qmake
 GUI_USE=	GL=opengl QT=tools:build,base
 GUI_MAKE_ENV=	QMAKE="${QMAKE}"
 GUI_ALL_TARGET=	gui
 GUI_INSTALL_TARGET=	install-gui
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's,lua5.3,lua-${LUA_VER},g' ${WRKSRC}/src/makefile
 
 post-patch-GUI-on:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/PKGCONFIG/s,lua,&-${LUA_VER}, ; \
 		/LIBS/s,-llua,&-${LUA_VER},' ${WRKSRC}/src/gui-qt/highlight.pro
 
 post-install:
 .for cfg in filetypes lsp
 	@cd ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR} && ${MV} ${cfg}.conf ${cfg}.conf.sample
 .endfor
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/highlight*
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/highlight/distinfo b/textproc/highlight/distinfo
index b28d54551cb8..cf41c3488462 100644
--- a/textproc/highlight/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/highlight/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1779692229
-SHA256 (highlight-4.20.tar.bz2) = 52838d40104c595b3d555a23680a1bd40f8ba6df0fbd63595018bb82501c0980
-SIZE (highlight-4.20.tar.bz2) = 1535959
+TIMESTAMP = 1786816661
+SHA256 (highlight-4.21.tar.bz2) = 310785a78bd054c4592ff012924c0542826ab53b7afd68d207462321c409a999
+SIZE (highlight-4.21.tar.bz2) = 1551546