diff --git a/irc/p5-POE-Component-IRC/Makefile b/irc/p5-POE-Component-IRC/Makefile
index c602b7ab4100..c2cad7af244e 100644
--- a/irc/p5-POE-Component-IRC/Makefile
+++ b/irc/p5-POE-Component-IRC/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	POE-Component-IRC
-PORTVERSION=	5.96
+PORTVERSION=	5.98
 CATEGORIES=	irc devel perl5
 MASTER_SITES=	CPAN
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
diff --git a/irc/p5-POE-Component-IRC/distinfo b/irc/p5-POE-Component-IRC/distinfo
index 5234951c4dd1..299966d3f6e8 100644
--- a/irc/p5-POE-Component-IRC/distinfo
+++ b/irc/p5-POE-Component-IRC/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-MD5 (POE-Component-IRC-5.96.tar.gz) = 014c5928db38f3ea40aad8211a0e0da5
-SHA256 (POE-Component-IRC-5.96.tar.gz) = a40b8c9532c8129e9a2be6292ed41289766fa354bf98804e3c3a7170e68d78d0
-SIZE (POE-Component-IRC-5.96.tar.gz) = 370672
+MD5 (POE-Component-IRC-5.98.tar.gz) = 36552e4d07654a713ed15f01ce06b226
+SHA256 (POE-Component-IRC-5.98.tar.gz) = 7da5a7cb18a36e6344891ebefc816cf43ef6740033839bf1182830c1d2f33875
+SIZE (POE-Component-IRC-5.98.tar.gz) = 341384