diff --git a/www/mod_security/Makefile b/www/mod_security/Makefile
index a8a9ac5c643b..5962ed0905a0 100644
--- a/www/mod_security/Makefile
+++ b/www/mod_security/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 PORTNAME=	mod_security
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-PORTVERSION=	2.9.5
-PORTREVISION=	2
+PORTVERSION=	2.9.6
 CATEGORIES=	www security
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/releases/download/v${PORTVERSION}/
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${APACHE_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
diff --git a/www/mod_security/distinfo b/www/mod_security/distinfo
index f8dc72555b64..950e40698d76 100644
--- a/www/mod_security/distinfo
+++ b/www/mod_security/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1646409048
-SHA256 (modsecurity-2.9.5.tar.gz) = e2bfc8cd8b8de1e21f054d310543373ea5d89adbd96784e832be0da3e4dc149e
-SIZE (modsecurity-2.9.5.tar.gz) = 4315037
+TIMESTAMP = 1662714949
+SHA256 (modsecurity-2.9.6.tar.gz) = 626a831aca92cdff73ea68a85b7f5c105d9a15365fa270fbed3139a81eaf3344
+SIZE (modsecurity-2.9.6.tar.gz) = 4316582