diff --git a/devel/mimalloc/Makefile b/devel/mimalloc/Makefile
index 4b99fdae27d3..ef5f03cd14b8 100644
--- a/devel/mimalloc/Makefile
+++ b/devel/mimalloc/Makefile
@@ -1,28 +1,27 @@
 # Created by: Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt@FreeBSD.org>
 
 PORTNAME=	mimalloc
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	2.0.5
+DISTVERSION=	2.0.6
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	ehaupt@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	General-purpose allocator with excellent performance characteristics
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		cmake compiler:c++17-lang
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	microsoft
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 CMAKE_ON=	MI_INSTALL_TOPLEVEL
+CMAKE_OFF=	MI_BUILD_OBJECT
+
 TEST_TARGET=	test
 
 # ci pipeline creates transient tags
 PORTSCOUT=	ignore:1
 
-post-install: # workaround for https://github.com/microsoft/mimalloc/issues/398
-	@${RM} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/mimalloc.o
-
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/mimalloc/distinfo b/devel/mimalloc/distinfo
index e0062bd69064..8bcf34f1c470 100644
--- a/devel/mimalloc/distinfo
+++ b/devel/mimalloc/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1645119841
-SHA256 (microsoft-mimalloc-v2.0.5_GH0.tar.gz) = fb000a017c289ddc0df749f16fef854e033e496276d8426bdd066b59c476f6cf
-SIZE (microsoft-mimalloc-v2.0.5_GH0.tar.gz) = 1125567
+TIMESTAMP = 1650496306
+SHA256 (microsoft-mimalloc-v2.0.6_GH0.tar.gz) = 9f05c94cc2b017ed13698834ac2a3567b6339a8bde27640df5a1581d49d05ce5
+SIZE (microsoft-mimalloc-v2.0.6_GH0.tar.gz) = 1127052