diff --git a/editors/novelwriter/Makefile b/editors/novelwriter/Makefile
index e31b70cae244..b3eff34aee90 100644
--- a/editors/novelwriter/Makefile
+++ b/editors/novelwriter/Makefile
@@ -1,31 +1,31 @@
 PORTNAME=	novelwriter
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	2.5.3
+DISTVERSION=	2.6
 CATEGORIES=	editors python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Text editor designed for writing novels
 WWW=		https://novelwriter.io/ \
 		https://github.com/vkbo/novelwriter
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 
 PY_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}lxml>0:devel/py-lxml@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}enchant>=3.0.0:textproc/py-enchant@${PY_FLAVOR}
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
 		${PY_DEPENDS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PY_DEPENDS}
 
 USES=		python pyqt:5
 USE_PYQT=	pyqt5
 USE_PYTHON=	pep517 concurrent autoplist
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	vkbo
 GH_PROJECT=	novelWriter
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/editors/novelwriter/distinfo b/editors/novelwriter/distinfo
index ed94b5a56a17..c943ab0924a1 100644
--- a/editors/novelwriter/distinfo
+++ b/editors/novelwriter/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1736751723
-SHA256 (vkbo-novelWriter-v2.5.3_GH0.tar.gz) = bf8ea7f56360edf92cb61e23c2f28e5828faf8699fec2a27d100c276e38d019d
-SIZE (vkbo-novelWriter-v2.5.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 5244331
+TIMESTAMP = 1737929914
+SHA256 (vkbo-novelWriter-v2.6_GH0.tar.gz) = 6bde7fb0ed11d0fec0e99a0f7fd2fc92390da5c1da7c9d4ee67c67cf24d62c4c
+SIZE (vkbo-novelWriter-v2.6_GH0.tar.gz) = 5287193