diff --git a/converters/simdutf/Makefile b/converters/simdutf/Makefile
index 5d93a921f9f0..11c506dcb48d 100644
--- a/converters/simdutf/Makefile
+++ b/converters/simdutf/Makefile
@@ -1,38 +1,35 @@
 PORTNAME=	simdutf
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	5.2.8
+DISTVERSION=	5.3.7
 CATEGORIES=	converters textproc
 
 MAINTAINER=	fuz@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Unicode validation and transcoding with SIMD
 WWW=		https://simdutf.github.io/simdutf/
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20 MIT
 LICENSE_COMB=	dual
 LICENSE_FILE_APACHE20=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE-APACHE
 LICENSE_FILE_MIT=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE-MIT
 
-USES=		cmake:testing
+USES=		cmake:testing compiler:c++17-lang pathfix python:build,test
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
+CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	SIMDUTF_TESTS
+
 CMAKE_ON=	BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
+CMAKE_OFF=	SIMDUTF_TESTS
 
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=	BENCHMARKS ICONV TEST TOOLS
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=	ICONV TOOLS
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	ICONV TOOLS
 OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
-BENCHMARKS_DESC=	Build benchmarks
+
 TOOLS_DESC=		Build tools
 
-BENCHMARKS_IMPLIES=	TEST
-BENCHMARKS_LIB_DEPENDS=	libicuuc.so:devel/icu
-BENCHMARKS_CMAKE_BOOL=	SIMDUTF_BENCHMARKS
 ICONV_USES=	iconv
 ICONV_CMAKE_BOOL=	SIMDUTF_ICONV
-TEST_CMAKE_BOOL=	SIMDUTF_TESTS
-TOOLS_CMAKE_BOOL=	SIMDUTF_TOOLS
 
-pre-test-TEST-off:
-	@echo Enable option TEST to run the full test suite
+TOOLS_CMAKE_BOOL=	SIMDUTF_TOOLS
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/converters/simdutf/distinfo b/converters/simdutf/distinfo
index 2d00bf42ca64..d96eb22fb785 100644
--- a/converters/simdutf/distinfo
+++ b/converters/simdutf/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1715505831
-SHA256 (simdutf-simdutf-v5.2.8_GH0.tar.gz) = 2706f1bef85a6d8598f82defd3848f1c5100e2e065c5d416d993118b53ea8d77
-SIZE (simdutf-simdutf-v5.2.8_GH0.tar.gz) = 1941240
+TIMESTAMP = 1723663719
+SHA256 (simdutf-simdutf-v5.3.7_GH0.tar.gz) = 731fb29c8c0b05c77b0a29dc37ab8eabe09533f000864a7c55e1ed2e1d33d1e7
+SIZE (simdutf-simdutf-v5.3.7_GH0.tar.gz) = 1977916
diff --git a/converters/simdutf/pkg-plist b/converters/simdutf/pkg-plist
index 314f25551ce3..de58aae2e086 100644
--- a/converters/simdutf/pkg-plist
+++ b/converters/simdutf/pkg-plist
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 bin/fastbase64
 %%TOOLS%%bin/sutf
 include/simdutf.h
 include/simdutf/avx512.h
 include/simdutf/common_defs.h
 include/simdutf/compiler_check.h
 include/simdutf/encoding_types.h
 include/simdutf/error.h
 include/simdutf/implementation.h
 include/simdutf/internal/isadetection.h
 include/simdutf/portability.h
 include/simdutf/simdutf_version.h
 lib/cmake/simdutf/simdutf-config-version.cmake
 lib/cmake/simdutf/simdutf-config.cmake
 lib/cmake/simdutf/simdutfTargets-%%CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE%%.cmake
 lib/cmake/simdutf/simdutfTargets.cmake
-lib/libsimdutf.so.8.0.0
-lib/libsimdutf.so.8
+lib/libsimdutf.so.9.0.0
+lib/libsimdutf.so.9
 lib/libsimdutf.so
 libdata/pkgconfig/simdutf.pc