diff --git a/textproc/R-cran-stringi/Makefile b/textproc/R-cran-stringi/Makefile
index b45a0c94737c..88fcdba4f9cc 100644
--- a/textproc/R-cran-stringi/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/R-cran-stringi/Makefile
@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
 # Created by: TAKATSU Tomonari <tota@FreeBSD.org>
 
 PORTNAME=	stringi
-DISTVERSION=	1.5.3
-PORTREVISION=	2
+DISTVERSION=	1.6.1
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	tota@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Character String Processing Facilities
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libicui18n.so:devel/icu
 
-USES=	cran:auto-plist,compiles pkgconfig:build
+USES=	compiler:c++11-lang cran:auto-plist,compiles pkgconfig:build
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/R-cran-stringi/distinfo b/textproc/R-cran-stringi/distinfo
index 336b913c98f6..f21413569975 100644
--- a/textproc/R-cran-stringi/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/R-cran-stringi/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1598027746
-SHA256 (stringi_1.5.3.tar.gz) = 224f1e8dedc962a676bc2e1f53016f6a129a0a38aa0f35daf6dece62ff714010
-SIZE (stringi_1.5.3.tar.gz) = 7293930
+TIMESTAMP = 1620720578
+SHA256 (stringi_1.6.1.tar.gz) = 4469fc37899942094e32fefacc7802bfdf3bfeeed8051d31f4974fd359e79474
+SIZE (stringi_1.6.1.tar.gz) = 7569954