diff --git a/lang/janet/Makefile b/lang/janet/Makefile
index 1559d315f3e0..cade648c2221 100644
--- a/lang/janet/Makefile
+++ b/lang/janet/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 PORTNAME=	janet
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.37.1
+DISTVERSION=	1.38.0
 CATEGORIES=	lang
 
-MAINTAINER=	hsw@bitmark.com
+MAINTAINER=	bsd.hsw@gmail.com
 COMMENT=	Functional embeddable lisp with C interop, & performant data types
 WWW=		https://janet-lang.org/
 
diff --git a/lang/janet/distinfo b/lang/janet/distinfo
index 31c24dfb6b91..25b52bdafa22 100644
--- a/lang/janet/distinfo
+++ b/lang/janet/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1733466129
-SHA256 (janet-lang-janet-v1.37.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 85a87115fb7b59a3fb4dab7d291627ce109eecdcf84b403ec8787ef54082519f
-SIZE (janet-lang-janet-v1.37.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 586166
+TIMESTAMP = 1742785026
+SHA256 (janet-lang-janet-v1.38.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 84dbf7db9c09677618549fb4be23631fd64f527af21051db02753241a2f6f752
+SIZE (janet-lang-janet-v1.38.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 590880