diff --git a/converters/p5-JSON/Makefile b/converters/p5-JSON/Makefile
index 8f7a925a4ad5..8ade9d5b1762 100644
--- a/converters/p5-JSON/Makefile
+++ b/converters/p5-JSON/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	JSON
-PORTVERSION=	2.22
+PORTVERSION=	2.26
 CATEGORIES=	converters perl5
 MASTER_SITES=	CPAN
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
diff --git a/converters/p5-JSON/distinfo b/converters/p5-JSON/distinfo
index d0880f14e1ee..d024c2d95eee 100644
--- a/converters/p5-JSON/distinfo
+++ b/converters/p5-JSON/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-MD5 (JSON-2.22.tar.gz) = 4705fae3d9688d6eac00fb027147dec3
-SHA256 (JSON-2.22.tar.gz) = 6945f225f1d42c0fa57a8fb2dd2c0337283610882d1f2aa25796c7799572c995
-SIZE (JSON-2.22.tar.gz) = 75653
+MD5 (JSON-2.26.tar.gz) = 5e01b59666b2c8918020d84c4cab517a
+SHA256 (JSON-2.26.tar.gz) = 23dd45d225887cd30f89ae7707ecebd22c16f26707bd717d56e51025123f0d12
+SIZE (JSON-2.26.tar.gz) = 76412