diff --git a/net/frr8/Makefile b/net/frr8/Makefile
index 397d111bd841..2647b167846a 100644
--- a/net/frr8/Makefile
+++ b/net/frr8/Makefile
@@ -1,146 +1,146 @@
 PORTNAME=	frr
-PORTVERSION=	8.5.5
+PORTVERSION=	8.5.6
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	frr-
 CATEGORIES=	net
 .if defined(PYTHONTOOLS)
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	8-pythontools
 .else
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	8
 .endif
 
 MAINTAINER=	olivier@FreeBSD.org
 
 COMMENT?=	IP routing protocol suite including BGP, IS-IS, OSPF and RIP
 WWW=		https://frrouting.org/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 .if defined(PYTHONTOOLS)
 RUN_DEPENDS=	frr-reload:net/frr8
 
 USES=	python:run shebangfix
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|/etc/frr|${ETCDIR}|g' \
 		-e 's|/usr/bin|${PREFIX}/bin|g' \
 		${WRKSRC}/tools/frr-reload.py
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|/etc/frr|${ETCDIR}|g' \
 		${WRKSRC}/tools/generate_support_bundle.py
 
 do-install:
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}
 	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKSRC}/tools/frr-reload.py ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/sbin/
 	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKSRC}/tools/generate_support_bundle.py ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/sbin/
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/tools/etc/frr/support_bundle_commands.conf ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/
 .else
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libcares.so:dns/c-ares \
 		libjson-c.so:devel/json-c \
 		libpcre2-8.so:devel/pcre2 \
 		libyang.so.2:net/libyang2
 
 USES=		autoreconf bison compiler:c++11-lang gmake libtool makeinfo \
 		pkgconfig python:build readline shebangfix
 
 BINARY_ALIAS=	python=${PYTHON_VERSION}
 
 CONFLICTS=	frr9 openbgpd openospfd quagga zebra
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 GNU_CONFIGURE_MANPREFIX=	${PREFIX}/share
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 .endif
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	FRRouting
 
 .if defined(PYTHONTOOLS)
 NO_BUILD=	yes
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	tools/frr-reload.py \
 		tools/generate_support_bundle.py
 PLIST=		${.CURDIR}/pkg-plist
 PKGMESSAGE=	""
 .else
 INFO=		frr
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		BACKTRACE CONFIGROLLBACKS DATACENTER FPM LDPD MANPAGES MULTIPATH \
 			PAM RPKI SHARPD SHELLACCESS SNMP TCMALLOC
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	BACKTRACE FPM MANPAGES RPKI
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 
 BACKTRACE_DESC=		Enable backtrace
 CONFIGROLLBACKS_DESC=	Enable configuration rollback support
 DATACENTER_DESC=	Use reduced BGP timers
 FPM_DESC=		Enable Forwarding Plane Manager support
 LDPD_DESC=		Build ldpd
 MULTIPATH_DESC=		Allow 64 multipath routes (16 default)
 PAM_DESC=		Use libpam for PAM support in vtysh
 RPKI_DESC=		Add BGP RPKI (RFC 6810) support
 SHARPD_DESC=		Build sharpd
 SHELLACCESS_DESC=	Allow users to access shell/telnet/ssh
 SNMP_DESC=		SNMP support
 TCMALLOC_DESC=		Use tcmalloc
 
 USERS=	frr
 GROUPS=	frr frrvty
 
 CPPFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include
 LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib
 
 # PIMD and PBRD compile but doesn't work on FreeBSD
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--enable-user=frr \
 		--enable-group=frr \
 		--enable-vty-group=frrvty \
 		--enable-vtysh \
 		--disable-doc-html \
 		--sysconfdir=${ETCDIR} \
 		--localstatedir=/var/run/frr \
 		--disable-nhrpd \
 		--disable-pathd \
 		--disable-ospfclient \
 		--disable-pimd \
 		--disable-pbrd \
 		--with-vtysh-pager=cat
 
 BACKTRACE_LIB_DEPENDS=		libunwind.so:devel/libunwind
 BACKTRACE_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	backtrace
 CONFIGROLLBACKS_LIB_DEPENDS=	libsqlite3.so:databases/sqlite3
 CONFIGROLLBACKS_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	config-rollbacks
 DATACENTER_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	datacenter
 FPM_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=		fpm
 LDPD_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=		ldpd
 MANPAGES_BUILD_DEPENDS=		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sphinx>=0,1:textproc/py-sphinx@${PY_FLAVOR}
 MANPAGES_CONFIGURE_OFF=		--disable-doc
 MULTIPATH_CONFIGURE_ON=		--enable-multipath=64
 PAM_CONFIGURE_WITH=		libpam
 RPKI_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=		rpki
 RPKI_LIB_DEPENDS=		librtr.so:net-mgmt/rtrlib \
 				libssh.so:security/libssh
 SHARPD_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=		sharpd
 SHELLACCESS_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	shell-access
 SNMP_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=		snmp
 SNMP_LIB_DEPENDS=		libnetsnmp.so:net-mgmt/net-snmp
 SNMP_USES=			ssl
 TCMALLOC_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	tcmalloc
 TCMALLOC_LIB_DEPENDS=		libtcmalloc.so:devel/google-perftools
 
 USE_RC_SUBR=	frr watchfrr
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	yang/embedmodel.py
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|/etc/frr|${ETCDIR}|g' \
 		-e 's|/usr/lib/frr|${PREFIX}/sbin|g' \
 		-e 's|frr-pythontools|frr8-pythontools|g' \
 		${WRKSRC}/tools/frr-reload
 
 post-install:
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}/var/run/frr
 	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKSRC}/tools/frr-reload ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/sbin
 .endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net/frr8/distinfo b/net/frr8/distinfo
index 9aa7a303589e..1e3e1cc52f91 100644
--- a/net/frr8/distinfo
+++ b/net/frr8/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1719590071
-SHA256 (FRRouting-frr-frr-8.5.5_GH0.tar.gz) = efa3a834c4fae6de9144a20d16f3ef5f0aa66f5b171f168413eec725ce269d5f
-SIZE (FRRouting-frr-frr-8.5.5_GH0.tar.gz) = 10083007
+TIMESTAMP = 1727185675
+SHA256 (FRRouting-frr-frr-8.5.6_GH0.tar.gz) = 5f3a32e66efdf2628548165d10327688847443c342788b31c4ea98368cfacbf8
+SIZE (FRRouting-frr-frr-8.5.6_GH0.tar.gz) = 10081875