diff --git a/converters/p5-JSON-PP/Makefile b/converters/p5-JSON-PP/Makefile
index 1231a836c37c..6c999ce3a6ed 100644
--- a/converters/p5-JSON-PP/Makefile
+++ b/converters/p5-JSON-PP/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	JSON-PP
-PORTVERSION=	2.97001
+PORTVERSION=	4.02
 CATEGORIES=	converters perl5
 MASTER_SITES=	CPAN
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	CPAN:ISHIGAKI
diff --git a/converters/p5-JSON-PP/distinfo b/converters/p5-JSON-PP/distinfo
index 330f6d1d9ea7..3ba5d76bfe00 100644
--- a/converters/p5-JSON-PP/distinfo
+++ b/converters/p5-JSON-PP/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1514115920
-SHA256 (JSON-PP-2.97001.tar.gz) = 67f54a37778babfe0c0ef21e34f04c152d49729220b38ed300fe8a8d7d1827b4
-SIZE (JSON-PP-2.97001.tar.gz) = 47075
+TIMESTAMP = 1551135599
+SHA256 (JSON-PP-4.02.tar.gz) = acc67bf812211d6e8943b0b14b64009e26e886be370658556c8d014c19819487
+SIZE (JSON-PP-4.02.tar.gz) = 52007