diff --git a/net/nats-server/Makefile b/net/nats-server/Makefile
index 7efb5fc6b97f..e877ff71c5bc 100644
--- a/net/nats-server/Makefile
+++ b/net/nats-server/Makefile
@@ -1,31 +1,31 @@
 PORTNAME=	nats-server
-PORTVERSION=	2.5.0
+PORTVERSION=	2.6.1
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 CATEGORIES=	net
 
 MAINTAINER=	olgeni@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Messaging system written in Go
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		go:modules
 GO_PKGNAME=	github.com/${GH_ACCOUNT}/${PORTNAME}
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	nats-io
 
 USE_RC_SUBR=	nats.sh
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 post-patch:
 	@${LN} -s ${WRKSRC} ${WRKSRC}/vendor/github.com/nats-io/nats-server
 
 post-install:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${FILESDIR}/nats.conf ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/nats.conf.sample
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/README.md ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	cd ${WRKSRC}/server && ${COPYTREE_SHARE} configs ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net/nats-server/distinfo b/net/nats-server/distinfo
index bd39cc6e629a..5d2403e9119f 100644
--- a/net/nats-server/distinfo
+++ b/net/nats-server/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1632211828
-SHA256 (nats-io-nats-server-v2.5.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 6c0274798a63bc6cc8e9c6251cc615d55e58352b0c3124feb9dd5a1b48b6b4bc
-SIZE (nats-io-nats-server-v2.5.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 2681610
+TIMESTAMP = 1632493944
+SHA256 (nats-io-nats-server-v2.6.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 8b578df282dabc75b93b17bc8defb0f2ffd596985e1d2b5d5f4c0695ed6163d6
+SIZE (nats-io-nats-server-v2.6.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 2692009