diff --git a/devel/ninja/Makefile b/devel/ninja/Makefile
index 242f8a752c8a..d70457d2bca5 100644
--- a/devel/ninja/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ninja/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	ninja
-PORTVERSION=	1.4.0
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	1.5.1
 PORTEPOCH=	1
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ LICENSE=	APACHE20
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	martine
 GH_TAGNAME=	v${PORTVERSION}
-GH_COMMIT=	63d5b10
+GH_COMMIT=	85e13c1
 
 CONFLICTS=	irc/ninja-[0-9]*
 USE_PYTHON_BUILD=	yes
diff --git a/devel/ninja/distinfo b/devel/ninja/distinfo
index 6350340a9909..aa7737a1962f 100644
--- a/devel/ninja/distinfo
+++ b/devel/ninja/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (ninja-1.4.0.tar.gz) = 3f4bf2053613438c07b0d4c56f5bb12ab6fc4044ce02398bdd49c88a02fc73a6
-SIZE (ninja-1.4.0.tar.gz) = 152426
+SHA256 (ninja-1.5.1.tar.gz) = 945c1c3f5db1384c68b36b83f60f3ce21a60812467a7343b13c99c4f3e04ee26
+SIZE (ninja-1.5.1.tar.gz) = 163495