diff --git a/science/R-cran-Epi/Makefile b/science/R-cran-Epi/Makefile
index 979855c15323..a5cba729157e 100644
--- a/science/R-cran-Epi/Makefile
+++ b/science/R-cran-Epi/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	Epi
-PORTVERSION=	2.55
+PORTVERSION=	2.56
 CATEGORIES=	science
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}
 
diff --git a/science/R-cran-Epi/distinfo b/science/R-cran-Epi/distinfo
index a56f6bedd393..e3b34b729d9b 100644
--- a/science/R-cran-Epi/distinfo
+++ b/science/R-cran-Epi/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1726381833
-SHA256 (Epi_2.55.tar.gz) = 6e94772f491bc810305b8851cbdbc52c40acb2c7ac2d98c54ae41bcc841b3f61
-SIZE (Epi_2.55.tar.gz) = 3170310
+TIMESTAMP = 1728187484
+SHA256 (Epi_2.56.tar.gz) = f44c3c6218353e00002b1bf126ecab88de3c9b4a480f7e5cb11f0577eed4bc68
+SIZE (Epi_2.56.tar.gz) = 3170515