diff --git a/textproc/scdoc/Makefile b/textproc/scdoc/Makefile
index cf49a92ccb64..2000cc44620b 100644
--- a/textproc/scdoc/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/scdoc/Makefile
@@ -1,33 +1,32 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	scdoc
-DISTVERSION=	1.9.4
+DISTVERSION=	1.9.6
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 MASTER_SITES=	https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/${PORTNAME}/archive/
 DISTFILES=	${DISTVERSIONFULL}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
 DIST_SUBDIR=	${PORTNAME}
 
 MAINTAINER=	jbeich@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Simple man page generator for POSIX systems written in C99
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 USES=		gmake
 MAKE_ENV=	MANDIR='$$(_INSTDIR)/man' \
 		PCDIR='$$(_INSTDIR)/libdata/pkgconfig'
 TEST_TARGET=	check
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/${PORTNAME} \
 		libdata/pkgconfig/${PORTNAME}.pc \
 		man/man1/${PORTNAME}.1.gz \
 		man/man5/${PORTNAME}.5.gz
 
 post-patch:
-	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -i '' -e 's,--date=,-f "%F %T" ,' \
-		-e '/SOURCE_DATE/s/date/TZ=UTC+5 &/' \
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -i '' -e 's,--date=,-jf "%F %T" ,' \
 		${WRKSRC}/test/preamble
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/${PORTNAME}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/scdoc/distinfo b/textproc/scdoc/distinfo
index 45454128b79f..2980c42fbc48 100644
--- a/textproc/scdoc/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/scdoc/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1551714211
-SHA256 (scdoc/1.9.4.tar.gz) = a10e200bcbc7d6faf9678444636886fee2fd99c754b630fc62fa9d247f1eec03
-SIZE (scdoc/1.9.4.tar.gz) = 11527
+TIMESTAMP = 1562782167
+SHA256 (scdoc/1.9.6.tar.gz) = 89a5f2294b4b72ee1d20b8a478d16bee1f96b6202bfeedb6df76c27881ed5928
+SIZE (scdoc/1.9.6.tar.gz) = 11950