diff --git a/security/R-cran-openssl/Makefile b/security/R-cran-openssl/Makefile
index e4a511720c75..29998dd3477d 100644
--- a/security/R-cran-openssl/Makefile
+++ b/security/R-cran-openssl/Makefile
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 PORTNAME=	openssl
-DISTVERSION=	2.3.5
+DISTVERSION=	2.4.0
 CATEGORIES=	security
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	eduardo@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Toolkit for Encryption, Signatures and Certificates Based on OpenSSL
 WWW=		https://cran.r-project.org/package=openssl
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
 CRAN_DEPENDS=	R-cran-askpass>0:security/R-cran-askpass
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	bash:shells/bash \
 		${CRAN_DEPENDS}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${CRAN_DEPENDS}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	R-cran-curl>0:ftp/R-cran-curl \
 		R-cran-jose>0:www/R-cran-jose \
 		R-cran-knitr>0:print/R-cran-knitr \
 		R-cran-rmarkdown>0:textproc/R-cran-rmarkdown \
 		R-cran-sodium>0:security/R-cran-sodium \
 		R-cran-testthat>0:devel/R-cran-testthat
 
 USES=		cran:auto-plist,compiles shebangfix ssl
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	${WRKSRC}/tests/google.dk/generate.bash
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/security/R-cran-openssl/distinfo b/security/R-cran-openssl/distinfo
index e6ac6b7af529..4982cc317fe4 100644
--- a/security/R-cran-openssl/distinfo
+++ b/security/R-cran-openssl/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1772188110
-SHA256 (openssl_2.3.5.tar.gz) = b8e2396a73f8094330e9e2d0d5364fedae3e87969fd32924b9c5a60fe4c0d747
-SIZE (openssl_2.3.5.tar.gz) = 1179668
+TIMESTAMP = 1776510947
+SHA256 (openssl_2.4.0.tar.gz) = 75ccbde2e52fc3f13c146eab3d30aa3d3a80ab66fa203b9b40d09b1f2a0fcd85
+SIZE (openssl_2.4.0.tar.gz) = 1180292