diff --git a/www/py-pywikibot/Makefile b/www/py-pywikibot/Makefile
index 04cb023d4a76..2e9b796ed58b 100644
--- a/www/py-pywikibot/Makefile
+++ b/www/py-pywikibot/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	pywikibot
-DISTVERSION=	9.4.0
+DISTVERSION=	9.6.1
 CATEGORIES=	www python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
diff --git a/www/py-pywikibot/distinfo b/www/py-pywikibot/distinfo
index 7340a87bc090..94d59dd68fc2 100644
--- a/www/py-pywikibot/distinfo
+++ b/www/py-pywikibot/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1728237593
-SHA256 (pywikibot-9.4.0.tar.gz) = d041b20f2a1b2defac29aeb7a9f7e360f980cbb060498175e53806aff2b712c5
-SIZE (pywikibot-9.4.0.tar.gz) = 622511
+TIMESTAMP = 1734386756
+SHA256 (pywikibot-9.6.1.tar.gz) = ef7e8b114c16d4ba1f4b5d74e53c5558730615a129406c1af96188936390c660
+SIZE (pywikibot-9.6.1.tar.gz) = 622728