diff --git a/astro/sofa/Makefile b/astro/sofa/Makefile
index 97f2fdafa9bd..603421691805 100644
--- a/astro/sofa/Makefile
+++ b/astro/sofa/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	sofa
-DISTVERSION=	20210512 # also called Release 18
+DISTVERSION=	20231011 # also called Release 19
 CATEGORIES=	astro devel
 MASTER_SITES=	https://www.iausofa.org/${DISTVERSION:C/(....)(....)/\\1_\\2/}_C/
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_c-${DISTVERSION}
diff --git a/astro/sofa/distinfo b/astro/sofa/distinfo
index 5105e1b43269..0f5b3dfe32b6 100644
--- a/astro/sofa/distinfo
+++ b/astro/sofa/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1628116427
-SHA256 (sofa_c-20210512.tar.gz) = 3362baba47ce965af1fc6a3141052a0e1f643d186e8deca83df1ea97455bb2fd
-SIZE (sofa_c-20210512.tar.gz) = 2784709
+TIMESTAMP = 1718394359
+SHA256 (sofa_c-20231011.tar.gz) = d9c10833cae8b4d9361a0ffda31ec361fd1262362025bec4d4e51a880150ace2
+SIZE (sofa_c-20231011.tar.gz) = 3055571