diff --git a/databases/memcached/Makefile b/databases/memcached/Makefile
index a36fffb81cf8..45c79ba687fc 100644
--- a/databases/memcached/Makefile
+++ b/databases/memcached/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	memcached
-DISTVERSION=	1.6.37
+DISTVERSION=	1.6.38
 CATEGORIES=	databases
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.memcached.org/files/
 
diff --git a/databases/memcached/distinfo b/databases/memcached/distinfo
index 816622d36b24..12299c12dff9 100644
--- a/databases/memcached/distinfo
+++ b/databases/memcached/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1740404940
-SHA256 (memcached-1.6.37.tar.gz) = 74a0629370f6bf60873937e439cd59659fbd7a84f24c1095bc082da0c8406969
-SIZE (memcached-1.6.37.tar.gz) = 1276960
+TIMESTAMP = 1742448447
+SHA256 (memcached-1.6.38.tar.gz) = 334d792294e37738796b5b03375c47bb6db283b1152e2ea4ccb720152dd17c66
+SIZE (memcached-1.6.38.tar.gz) = 1282099