diff --git a/www/mod_security/Makefile b/www/mod_security/Makefile
index a8a9ac5c643b..5962ed0905a0 100644
--- a/www/mod_security/Makefile
+++ b/www/mod_security/Makefile
@@ -1,85 +1,84 @@
 PORTNAME=	mod_security
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-PORTVERSION=	2.9.5
-PORTREVISION=	2
+PORTVERSION=	2.9.6
 CATEGORIES=	www security
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/releases/download/v${PORTVERSION}/
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${APACHE_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME:S/_//:S/2//}-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	joneum@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Intrusion detection and prevention engine
 WWW=		https://www.modsecurity.org/
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 
 LIB_DEPENDS+=	libpcre.so:devel/pcre \
 		libapr-1.so:devel/apr1 \
 		libyajl.so:devel/yajl \
 		libcurl.so:ftp/curl \
 		libgdbm.so:databases/gdbm \
 		libexpat.so:textproc/expat2
 
 USES=		apache:2.4+ bdb gnome perl5 pkgconfig shebangfix
 USE_GNOME=	libxml2
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 SHEBANG_FILES=	tools/rules-updater.pl.in mlogc/mlogc-batch-load.pl.in
 perl_OLD_CMD=	@PERL@
 
 AP_INC=		${LOCALBASE}/include/libxml2
 AP_LIB=		${LOCALBASE}/lib
 MODULENAME=	mod_security2
 SRC_FILE=	*.c
 
 PORTDOCS=	*
 DOCSDIR=	${PREFIX}/share/doc/${MODULENAME}
 
 SUB_FILES+=	pkg-message
 SUB_FILES+=	README
 SUB_FILES+=	${APMOD_FILE}.sample
 APMOD_FILE=	280_${PORTNAME}.conf
 SUB_LIST+=	APMOD_FILE=${APMOD_FILE}
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS FUZZYHASH LUA MLOGC
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 
 LUA_CONFIGURE_ON=	--with-lua=${LOCALBASE}
 LUA_CONFIGURE_OFF+=	--without-lua
 LUA_USES=		lua:51+
 
 MLOGC_DESC=		Build ModSecurity Log Collector
 MLOGC_CONFIGURE_ON=	--disable-errors
 MLOGC_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--disable-mlogc
 
 FUZZYHASH_DESC=		Allow matching contents using fuzzy hashes with ssdeep
 FUZZYHASH_CONFIGURE_ON=	--with-ssdeep=${LOCALBASE}
 FUZZYHASH_CONFIGURE_OFF=--without-ssdeep
 FUZZYHASH_LIB_DEPENDS=	libfuzzy.so:security/ssdeep
 
 ETCDIR=		${PREFIX}/etc/modsecurity
 
 REINPLACE_ARGS=	-i ""
 AP_EXTRAS+=	-DWITH_LIBXML2
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--with-apxs=${APXS} --with-pcre=${LOCALBASE} --with-yajl=${LOCALBASE} --with-curl=${LOCALBASE}
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s/lua5.1/lua-${LUA_VER}/g" ${WRKSRC}/configure
 
 pre-install:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/${APACHEMODDIR}
 
 post-install:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/modsecurity.conf-recommended \
 		${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/modsecurity.conf.sample
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/unicode.mapping \
 		${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/unicode.mapping
 
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	(cd ${WRKSRC} && ${COPYTREE_SHARE} doc ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR})
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKDIR}/README ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/${APACHEETCDIR}/modules.d
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKDIR}/${APMOD_FILE}.sample ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/${APACHEETCDIR}/modules.d
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/www/mod_security/distinfo b/www/mod_security/distinfo
index f8dc72555b64..950e40698d76 100644
--- a/www/mod_security/distinfo
+++ b/www/mod_security/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1646409048
-SHA256 (modsecurity-2.9.5.tar.gz) = e2bfc8cd8b8de1e21f054d310543373ea5d89adbd96784e832be0da3e4dc149e
-SIZE (modsecurity-2.9.5.tar.gz) = 4315037
+TIMESTAMP = 1662714949
+SHA256 (modsecurity-2.9.6.tar.gz) = 626a831aca92cdff73ea68a85b7f5c105d9a15365fa270fbed3139a81eaf3344
+SIZE (modsecurity-2.9.6.tar.gz) = 4316582