diff --git a/misc/astc-encoder/Makefile b/misc/astc-encoder/Makefile
index 17fd3a3a4dc3..9ce0c5b01ea1 100644
--- a/misc/astc-encoder/Makefile
+++ b/misc/astc-encoder/Makefile
@@ -1,30 +1,30 @@
 PORTNAME=	astc-encoder
-DISTVERSION=	5.5.0
+DISTVERSION=	5.6.0
 CATEGORIES=	misc
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Texture compressor for Adaptive Scalable Texture Compression format
 WWW=		https://github.com/ARM-software/astc-encoder
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 BROKEN_riscv64=	ld: error: lto.tmp: cannot link object files with different floating-point ABI
 
 USES=		cmake:testing compiler:c++14-lang python:test
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	ARM-software
 GH_TUPLE=	google:googletest:e2239ee:googletest/Source/GoogleTest
 
 CMAKE_ARGS=	-DPython_EXECUTABLE=${PYTHON_CMD} # only for tests
 CMAKE_OFF=	ASTCENC_UNITTEST
 CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	ASTCENC_UNITTEST
 
 LDFLAGS+=	-pthread
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/astcenc-native
 
 # tests as of 5.5.0: 100% tests passed, 0 tests failed out of 1
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/misc/astc-encoder/distinfo b/misc/astc-encoder/distinfo
index d0ae2e84ce9e..04f1e60f5e4f 100644
--- a/misc/astc-encoder/distinfo
+++ b/misc/astc-encoder/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1781755976
-SHA256 (ARM-software-astc-encoder-5.5.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 9a3b884b040dcd5e70bc48d685c888b4aa166b559012eee059289690ac9d9958
-SIZE (ARM-software-astc-encoder-5.5.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 35921088
+TIMESTAMP = 1782984475
+SHA256 (ARM-software-astc-encoder-5.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = c77b4505792b36068b8ab5c548f606f8504f170e274e5870d3c5a405fe0bbc35
+SIZE (ARM-software-astc-encoder-5.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 35288595
 SHA256 (google-googletest-e2239ee_GH0.tar.gz) = 47a8ca2e1be737588628cbc82726a7c4fed060ae0098709003845e3ef298da2f
 SIZE (google-googletest-e2239ee_GH0.tar.gz) = 886254