diff --git a/ftp/R-cran-curl/Makefile b/ftp/R-cran-curl/Makefile
index 39259c751c52..9325aa8e7576 100644
--- a/ftp/R-cran-curl/Makefile
+++ b/ftp/R-cran-curl/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	curl
-PORTVERSION=	2.3
+PORTVERSION=	2.6
 CATEGORIES=	ftp
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}
 
diff --git a/ftp/R-cran-curl/distinfo b/ftp/R-cran-curl/distinfo
index 21e5086001ea..a3ba81615e3b 100644
--- a/ftp/R-cran-curl/distinfo
+++ b/ftp/R-cran-curl/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1481954811
-SHA256 (curl_2.3.tar.gz) = f901dad6bb70a6875a85da75bcbb42afffdcdf4ef221909733826bcb012d7c3d
-SIZE (curl_2.3.tar.gz) = 400460
+TIMESTAMP = 1494136733
+SHA256 (curl_2.6.tar.gz) = 3b99aeed7d72b02361ec420e2d491650cc163f0657b10325a6cf7fe3c44c6592
+SIZE (curl_2.6.tar.gz) = 405626