diff --git a/sysutils/ansible/Makefile b/sysutils/ansible/Makefile
index 3d09e92cba22..54844c224ebb 100644
--- a/sysutils/ansible/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/ansible/Makefile
@@ -1,50 +1,49 @@
 PORTNAME=	ansible
-DISTVERSION=	8.5.0
-PORTREVISION=	2
+DISTVERSION=	8.6.1
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	cy@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Radically simple IT automation
 WWW=		https://www.ansible.com/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}ansible-core>0:sysutils/py-ansible-core@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		 ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}importlib-resources>0:devel/py-importlib-resources@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
-USES=		ansible:env cpe python:3.9+ shebangfix
+USES=		ansible:env cpe python:3.10+ shebangfix
 CPE_VENDOR=	redhat
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	ansible_collections/community/zabbix/roles/zabbix_proxy/files/install_semodule.bsx \
 		ansible_collections/community/zabbix/roles/zabbix_server/files/install_semodule.bsx \
 		ansible_collections/ovirt/ovirt/roles/disaster_recovery/files/ovirt-dr \
 		ansible_collections/ovirt/ovirt/roles/disaster_recovery/files/ovirt-dr
 # It's probably best to leave shebangs in modules untouched as they must be
 # either unversioned or absent.
 # See [1] and [2].
 # [1]: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78243
 # [2]: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=265211
 SHEBANG_REGEX=	(([^/])|(/[^m])|(/m[^o])|(/mo[^d])|(/mod[^u])|(/modu[^l])|(/modul[^e])|(/module[^s])|(/modules[^/]))*\.(py|sh|build.py.generic)
 python_OLD_CMD=	/Users/kbreit/Documents/Programming/ansible_collections/cisco/meraki/venv/bin/python
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 DO_MAKE_TEST=	env LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 ansible -m ping
 TEST_TARGET=	localhost
 
 post-patch:
 	${FIND} ${WRKSRC} -type f -exec ${GREP} --null -El '(/etc/ansible|/usr/share/ansible)' {} + | ${XARGS} -n 500 -0 ${REINPLACE_CMD} \
 		-e 's|/etc/ansible|${ETCDIR}|g' \
 		-e 's|/usr/share/ansible|${DATADIR}|g'
 	${FIND} ${WRKSRC} -type f -name "*.bak" -delete
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
 
 # Make sure that we override the unique DATADIR and ETCDIR set
 # by the implicit USES=uniquefiles.
 DATADIR=	${ANSIBLE_DATADIR}
 ETCDIR=		${ANSIBLE_ETCDIR}
diff --git a/sysutils/ansible/distinfo b/sysutils/ansible/distinfo
index 10aaeb1e763b..1a64a73edaa6 100644
--- a/sysutils/ansible/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/ansible/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1698697844
-SHA256 (ansible-8.5.0.tar.gz) = 327c509bdaf5cdb2489d85c09d2c107e9432f9874c8bb5c0702a731160915f2d
-SIZE (ansible-8.5.0.tar.gz) = 40712390
+TIMESTAMP = 1699590295
+SHA256 (ansible-8.6.1.tar.gz) = 18b397580c1f05ce5de1fe238508dd81218d278667956d2f7709320176c3ed4a
+SIZE (ansible-8.6.1.tar.gz) = 41550388