diff --git a/databases/twemproxy/Makefile b/databases/twemproxy/Makefile
index f25a106eca7f..f5668d9ff03f 100644
--- a/databases/twemproxy/Makefile
+++ b/databases/twemproxy/Makefile
@@ -1,31 +1,30 @@
 # Created by: Steven Kreuzer <skreuzer@FreeBSD.org>
 
 PORTNAME=	twemproxy
-PORTVERSION=	0.4.1
-DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
+PORTVERSION=	0.5.0
 CATEGORIES=	databases
 
 MAINTAINER=	skreuzer@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Fast, light-weight proxy for memcached and redis
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 
+USES=		autoreconf gmake libtool
+
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	twitter
 
-USES=		autoreconf libtool
-
 LDFLAGS+=	-lexecinfo
 
 PLIST_FILES=	sbin/nutcracker \
 		man/man8/nutcracker.8.gz \
 		etc/nutcracker.yml.sample
 
 HAS_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/src/nutcracker ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/sbin
 	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/man/nutcracker.8 ${STAGEDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man/man8/
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/conf/nutcracker.yml ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/nutcracker.yml.sample
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/databases/twemproxy/distinfo b/databases/twemproxy/distinfo
index 926e00207efd..c9afd42ca860 100644
--- a/databases/twemproxy/distinfo
+++ b/databases/twemproxy/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-SHA256 (twitter-twemproxy-v0.4.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 00c2940f91947bea9457a348316aac1aa1d4e757238aafbefc9d51057da8ede0
-SIZE (twitter-twemproxy-v0.4.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 1163442
+TIMESTAMP = 1627047220
+SHA256 (twitter-twemproxy-0.5.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 73f305d8525abbaaa6a5f203c1fba438f99319711bfcb2bb8b2f06f0d63d1633
+SIZE (twitter-twemproxy-0.5.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 895991