diff --git a/converters/simdutf/Makefile b/converters/simdutf/Makefile
index 9b41935376de..dc48e6bc3c65 100644
--- a/converters/simdutf/Makefile
+++ b/converters/simdutf/Makefile
@@ -1,39 +1,39 @@
 PORTNAME=	simdutf
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	5.7.2
+DISTVERSION=	6.0.0
 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
 
 # test suite fails on armv7 with -fno-strict-aliasing
 # see https://github.com/simdutf/simdutf/issues/581
 WITHOUT_NO_STRICT_ALIASING=	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 ac5c9863fa36..73a516b2b0e5 100644
--- a/converters/simdutf/distinfo
+++ b/converters/simdutf/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1735255855
-SHA256 (simdutf-simdutf-v5.7.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 6884f4978cf8a0bab0c39e86d9b6e6057dca41a1d591ca2623fb87f9d5dc83bf
-SIZE (simdutf-simdutf-v5.7.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 2079493
+TIMESTAMP = 1736177826
+SHA256 (simdutf-simdutf-v6.0.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 7e0cea800622353bfe34d693a7ac81ebfa9ba397ed2b8b5a79f367e83fa99a10
+SIZE (simdutf-simdutf-v6.0.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 2088916
diff --git a/converters/simdutf/pkg-plist b/converters/simdutf/pkg-plist
index 54dedce758a8..4dde0458db1d 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.13.0.0
-lib/libsimdutf.so.13
+lib/libsimdutf.so.14.0.0
+lib/libsimdutf.so.14
 lib/libsimdutf.so
 libdata/pkgconfig/simdutf.pc