diff --git a/devel/sbt/Makefile b/devel/sbt/Makefile
index f45cf849ab80..712c769317c8 100644
--- a/devel/sbt/Makefile
+++ b/devel/sbt/Makefile
@@ -1,50 +1,50 @@
 PORTNAME=	sbt
-PORTVERSION=	1.9.5
+PORTVERSION=	1.9.6
 CATEGORIES=	devel java
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/sbt/sbt/releases/download/v${PORTVERSION}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	ale@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Build tool for Scala projects
 WWW=		https://www.scala-sbt.org/
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	infocmp:devel/ncurses
 
 USES=		tar:tgz
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	ADVANCED # PRELOADED
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=ADVANCED
 ADVANCED_DESC=	Install advanced bash shell-script (required for Java 11+)
 
 NO_BUILD=	yes
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 USE_JAVA=	yes
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}
 
 ADVANCED_RUN_DEPENDS+=	bash:shells/bash
 
 ADVANCED_SUB_FILES_OFF=	sbt.sh
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/sbt
 
 PORTDATA=	*
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} 's|%%PREFIX%%|${PREFIX}|' ${WRKSRC}/bin/sbt
 
 do-install:
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/bin/sbt-launch.jar ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MADVANCED}
 	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKSRC}/bin/sbt ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}/conf
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${FILESDIR}/sbtopts ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}/conf
 	${LN} -s ../${DATADIR_REL}/sbt ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/
 .else
 	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKDIR}/sbt.sh ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/sbt
 .endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/sbt/distinfo b/devel/sbt/distinfo
index 4f45a8a11474..552b8d6a2dde 100644
--- a/devel/sbt/distinfo
+++ b/devel/sbt/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1694670739
-SHA256 (sbt-1.9.5.tgz) = 96755059651f82d3ae5f65ec9a61259c3c0af3a0c80344e89a811346cada1e5e
-SIZE (sbt-1.9.5.tgz) = 47254813
+TIMESTAMP = 1694851343
+SHA256 (sbt-1.9.6.tgz) = 923d7917ccb99a9fd985f4abfd81caacaed42284e67d3f7696cc5239e7c595cb
+SIZE (sbt-1.9.6.tgz) = 47250887