diff --git a/benchmarks/iozone/Makefile b/benchmarks/iozone/Makefile
index b10afdb13b24..d5a43b645e8f 100644
--- a/benchmarks/iozone/Makefile
+++ b/benchmarks/iozone/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	iozone
-DISTVERSION=	3_494
+DISTVERSION=	3_506
 CATEGORIES=	benchmarks
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.iozone.org/src/current/
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}${DISTVERSION}
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ LICENSE_NAME=	Iozone license
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKDIR}/${DISTNAME}/docs/License.txt
 LICENSE_PERMS=	dist-mirror dist-sell pkg-mirror pkg-sell auto-accept
 
-USES=		gmake tar:tgz
+USES=		gmake tar
 
 MAKEFILE=	makefile
 MAKE_ARGS=	${MAKE_ENV}
diff --git a/benchmarks/iozone/distinfo b/benchmarks/iozone/distinfo
index 683f19380d7d..05587de4ce65 100644
--- a/benchmarks/iozone/distinfo
+++ b/benchmarks/iozone/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1668904965
-SHA256 (iozone3_494.tgz) = a36d43831e2829dbc9dc3d5a5a7eb1ca733c9ecc8cbb634022a52928e9b78662
-SIZE (iozone3_494.tgz) = 1209312
+TIMESTAMP = 1683055700
+SHA256 (iozone3_506.tar) = 114ce5c071873b9a2c7ba6e73d05d5ef7e66564392acbfcdc0b3261db10fcbe7
+SIZE (iozone3_506.tar) = 1894400