diff --git a/emulators/mesen/Makefile b/emulators/mesen/Makefile
index 2121ab14d94c..c9c1229e0e55 100644
--- a/emulators/mesen/Makefile
+++ b/emulators/mesen/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 PORTNAME=	mesen
-DISTVERSION=	0.9.8-4
-DISTVERSIONSUFFIX=	-g4c701ad6
-PORTREVISION=	4
+DISTVERSION=	0.9.9
 CATEGORIES=	emulators
 
-MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
+MAINTAINER=	cpetrik@proton.me
 COMMENT=	Cross-platform Nintendo Entertainment System (NES/Famicom) emulator
 WWW=		https://www.mesen.ca/
 
@@ -19,7 +17,7 @@ BUILD_DEPENDS=	zip:archivers/zip \
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libevdev.so:devel/libevdev \
 		libgdiplus.so:x11-toolkits/libgdiplus
 
-USES=		compiler:c++14-lang gmake pkgconfig sdl
+USES=		compiler:c++17-lang gmake pkgconfig sdl
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	SourMesen
 GH_PROJECT=	Mesen
diff --git a/emulators/mesen/distinfo b/emulators/mesen/distinfo
index b00cbb8176dc..92c9601cf915 100644
--- a/emulators/mesen/distinfo
+++ b/emulators/mesen/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1561506562
-SHA256 (SourMesen-Mesen-0.9.8-4-g4c701ad6_GH0.tar.gz) = 73bbffe6560ed355b2b51fbb1a0ca7b53b0b9ec58b89bf272aa29a972f78a97a
-SIZE (SourMesen-Mesen-0.9.8-4-g4c701ad6_GH0.tar.gz) = 17628801
+TIMESTAMP = 1744375796
+SHA256 (SourMesen-Mesen-0.9.9_GH0.tar.gz) = 8c638a9910b8de6cf628ceefb226c2f636e4397b0629f58a8ffb304984d68ea9
+SIZE (SourMesen-Mesen-0.9.9_GH0.tar.gz) = 17683748