diff --git a/converters/R-cran-RJSONIO/Makefile b/converters/R-cran-RJSONIO/Makefile
index a751cc1be5b5..d593b7ae5bac 100644
--- a/converters/R-cran-RJSONIO/Makefile
+++ b/converters/R-cran-RJSONIO/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	RJSONIO
-DISTVERSION=	0.97-0
+DISTVERSION=	0.98-1
 CATEGORIES=	converters
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${DISTVERSION}
 
diff --git a/converters/R-cran-RJSONIO/distinfo b/converters/R-cran-RJSONIO/distinfo
index 556e12402fc0..41c1236415be 100644
--- a/converters/R-cran-RJSONIO/distinfo
+++ b/converters/R-cran-RJSONIO/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (RJSONIO_0.97-0.tar.gz) = 47151aad5c19301609ea5c9f2c880f7e8d6c8b4a32e0f114f8838dfd7f9d2de4
-SIZE (RJSONIO_0.97-0.tar.gz) = 1148809
+SHA256 (RJSONIO_0.98-1.tar.gz) = 700c5adc8d19e61c70ddaf8746dbce6d9439d44f446b4b34495a347fe1919636
+SIZE (RJSONIO_0.98-1.tar.gz) = 1150673