diff --git a/converters/simdutf/Makefile b/converters/simdutf/Makefile
index edaaf7a8da9b..985f5e54660f 100644
--- a/converters/simdutf/Makefile
+++ b/converters/simdutf/Makefile
@@ -1,35 +1,35 @@
 PORTNAME=	simdutf
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	5.5.0
+DISTVERSION=	5.6.0
 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 ae7384c00b2e..007b1fa6b422 100644
--- a/converters/simdutf/distinfo
+++ b/converters/simdutf/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1725968235
-SHA256 (simdutf-simdutf-v5.5.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 47090a770b8eecf610ac4d1fafadde60bb7ba3c9d576d2a3a545aba989a3d749
-SIZE (simdutf-simdutf-v5.5.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 1985362
+TIMESTAMP = 1728666916
+SHA256 (simdutf-simdutf-v5.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 98cc5761b638642b018a628b1609f1b2df489b555836fa88706055bb56a4d6fe
+SIZE (simdutf-simdutf-v5.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 2003297
diff --git a/converters/simdutf/pkg-plist b/converters/simdutf/pkg-plist
index 9c7b20aed22b..85d3cb7d91ea 100644
--- a/converters/simdutf/pkg-plist
+++ b/converters/simdutf/pkg-plist
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 bin/fastbase64
 %%TOOLS%%bin/sutf
 include/simdutf.h
 include/simdutf/avx512.h
 include/simdutf/common_defs.h
 include/simdutf/compiler_check.h
 include/simdutf/encoding_types.h
 include/simdutf/error.h
 include/simdutf/implementation.h
 include/simdutf/internal/isadetection.h
 include/simdutf/portability.h
 include/simdutf/simdutf_version.h
 lib/cmake/simdutf/simdutf-config-version.cmake
 lib/cmake/simdutf/simdutf-config.cmake
 lib/cmake/simdutf/simdutfTargets-%%CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE%%.cmake
 lib/cmake/simdutf/simdutfTargets.cmake
-lib/libsimdutf.so.10.0.0
-lib/libsimdutf.so.10
+lib/libsimdutf.so.11.0.0
+lib/libsimdutf.so.11
 lib/libsimdutf.so
 libdata/pkgconfig/simdutf.pc