diff --git a/converters/simdutf/Makefile b/converters/simdutf/Makefile
index 1a7e5d0d5a1f..048d221d6c0f 100644
--- a/converters/simdutf/Makefile
+++ b/converters/simdutf/Makefile
@@ -1,38 +1,38 @@
 PORTNAME=	simdutf
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	4.0.9
+DISTVERSION=	5.0.0
 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
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 CMAKE_ON=	BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	BENCHMARKS ICONV TEST 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
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/converters/simdutf/distinfo b/converters/simdutf/distinfo
index e12fc499aa43..c81c420ec600 100644
--- a/converters/simdutf/distinfo
+++ b/converters/simdutf/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1706546343
-SHA256 (simdutf-simdutf-v4.0.9_GH0.tar.gz) = 599e6558fc8d06f8346e5f210564f8b18751c93d83bce1a40a0e6a326c57b61e
-SIZE (simdutf-simdutf-v4.0.9_GH0.tar.gz) = 1868141
+TIMESTAMP = 1711455616
+SHA256 (simdutf-simdutf-v5.0.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 088d750466bf3487117cce7f828eb94a0a3474d7e76b45d4902c99a2387212b7
+SIZE (simdutf-simdutf-v5.0.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 1923633
diff --git a/converters/simdutf/pkg-plist b/converters/simdutf/pkg-plist
index 10125a0e022c..aa906db04e9b 100644
--- a/converters/simdutf/pkg-plist
+++ b/converters/simdutf/pkg-plist
@@ -1,19 +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.5.0.0
-lib/libsimdutf.so.5
+lib/libsimdutf.so.6.0.0
+lib/libsimdutf.so.6
 lib/libsimdutf.so
 libdata/pkgconfig/simdutf.pc