diff --git a/lang/janet/Makefile b/lang/janet/Makefile
index 482a668a9d83..7af309c5c034 100644
--- a/lang/janet/Makefile
+++ b/lang/janet/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	janet
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.5.1
+DISTVERSION=	1.6.0
 CATEGORIES=	lang
 
 MAINTAINER=	tobik@FreeBSD.org
diff --git a/lang/janet/distinfo b/lang/janet/distinfo
index 0b79addfcb3f..855a6b9a18e6 100644
--- a/lang/janet/distinfo
+++ b/lang/janet/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1573965093
-SHA256 (janet-lang-janet-v1.5.1_GH0.tar.gz) = abfe69c4b3af355ad37ff315fea529ac88778df357b44522f07b4df9ee4c8a60
-SIZE (janet-lang-janet-v1.5.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 940959
+TIMESTAMP = 1577083053
+SHA256 (janet-lang-janet-v1.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 9faa4ed79c9281c4f9c0a005588ef0452a0b77217cd297fc0a73a5fda6d14e5d
+SIZE (janet-lang-janet-v1.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 956098