diff --git a/dns/unbound/Makefile b/dns/unbound/Makefile
index 4e3d1707b5f6..cd392a486bf9 100644
--- a/dns/unbound/Makefile
+++ b/dns/unbound/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	unbound
-DISTVERSION=	1.22.0
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	1.23.0
 CATEGORIES=	dns
 MASTER_SITES=	https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/
 
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ PORTDOCS=	CNAME-basedRedirectionDesignNotes.pdf CREDITS Changelog \
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		DEP-RSA1024 DNSCRYPT DNSTAP DOCS DYNLIB ECDSA EVAPI \
 			FILTER_AAAA GOST HIREDIS LIBEVENT MUNIN_PLUGIN PYTHON \
 			SUBNET TFOCL TFOSE THREADS
-OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	DNSCRYPT DYNLIB ECDSA GOST LIBEVENT THREADS
+OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	DNSCRYPT DYNLIB ECDSA EVAPI GOST LIBEVENT THREADS
 OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
 
 DEP-RSA1024_DESC=	Deprecate the use of RSA 1024 keys
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ DNSCRYPT_DESC=		Enable dnscrypt support
 DNSTAP_DESC=		Enable dnstap logging support
 DYNLIB_DESC=		Enable support for dynamic (shared) 3rd-party libraries
 ECDSA_DESC=		Enable ECDSA (elliptic curve) support (OpenSSL >= 1.0)
-EVAPI_DESC=		(Experimental) pluggable event based libunbound API support
+EVAPI_DESC=		Pluggable event based libunbound API support
 FILTER_AAAA_DESC=	Build with AAAA filter functionality (contrib)
 GOST_DESC=		Enable GOST support (requires OpenSSL >= 1.0)
 HIREDIS_DESC=		Enable hiredis support for the cachedb module
diff --git a/dns/unbound/distinfo b/dns/unbound/distinfo
index b4703197caee..ee9557eebe64 100644
--- a/dns/unbound/distinfo
+++ b/dns/unbound/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1729156458
-SHA256 (unbound-1.22.0.tar.gz) = c5dd1bdef5d5685b2cedb749158dd152c52d44f65529a34ac15cd88d4b1b3d43
-SIZE (unbound-1.22.0.tar.gz) = 6682466
+TIMESTAMP = 1745482472
+SHA256 (unbound-1.23.0.tar.gz) = 959bd5f3875316d7b3f67ee237a56de5565f5b35fc9b5fc3cea6cfe735a03bb8
+SIZE (unbound-1.23.0.tar.gz) = 6770860
diff --git a/dns/unbound/pkg-plist b/dns/unbound/pkg-plist
index a9c16cace0bd..24a2e2e01825 100644
--- a/dns/unbound/pkg-plist
+++ b/dns/unbound/pkg-plist
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ libdata/pkgconfig/libunbound.pc
 lib/libunbound.a
 lib/libunbound.so
 lib/libunbound.so.8
-lib/libunbound.so.8.1.30
+lib/libunbound.so.8.1.31
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/_unbound.so
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/unbound.py
 %%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/unboundmodule.py