diff --git a/misc/cloc/Makefile b/misc/cloc/Makefile
index f6a4d5a1192a..c3ebbe991aa6 100644
--- a/misc/cloc/Makefile
+++ b/misc/cloc/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	cloc
-PORTVERSION=	1.55
+PORTVERSION=	1.56
 CATEGORIES=	misc
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/v${PORTVERSION}
 EXTRACT_SUFX=	.pl
diff --git a/misc/cloc/distinfo b/misc/cloc/distinfo
index b84beb160c3b..c5ad47c5f111 100644
--- a/misc/cloc/distinfo
+++ b/misc/cloc/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (cloc-1.55.pl) = 8dd6893c450f3be6a461ef2068cd853181eb21015b3cfa92c360dc2b4b897479
-SIZE (cloc-1.55.pl) = 309536
+SHA256 (cloc-1.56.pl) = f525906def12195df1ed61a6aa0584c401b10509c7770900b31026c91868acd2
+SIZE (cloc-1.56.pl) = 320786