diff --git a/sysutils/coreutils/Makefile b/sysutils/coreutils/Makefile
index a21a113cab1d..a6f21b092e77 100644
--- a/sysutils/coreutils/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/coreutils/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	coreutils
-DISTVERSION=	9.6
+DISTVERSION=	9.7
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils textproc
 MASTER_SITES=	GNU
 
diff --git a/sysutils/coreutils/distinfo b/sysutils/coreutils/distinfo
index 0b4242496dec..f6a8853b61cb 100644
--- a/sysutils/coreutils/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/coreutils/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1737143919
-SHA256 (coreutils-9.6.tar.xz) = 7a0124327b398fd9eb1a6abde583389821422c744ffa10734b24f557610d3283
-SIZE (coreutils-9.6.tar.xz) = 6134764
+TIMESTAMP = 1744347027
+SHA256 (coreutils-9.7.tar.xz) = e8bb26ad0293f9b5a1fc43fb42ba970e312c66ce92c1b0b16713d7500db251bf
+SIZE (coreutils-9.7.tar.xz) = 6158960