diff --git a/textproc/highlight/Makefile b/textproc/highlight/Makefile
index 096b26df9376..430ac8888ba5 100644
--- a/textproc/highlight/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/highlight/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	highlight
-PORTVERSION=	2.0.25
+PORTVERSION=	2.2.1
 PORTEPOCH=	1
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.andre-simon.de/zip/
diff --git a/textproc/highlight/distinfo b/textproc/highlight/distinfo
index 4b5ff1664d00..1aa021c1b394 100644
--- a/textproc/highlight/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/highlight/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-MD5 (highlight-2.0-25.tar.gz) = 60436af1b19362ec0d5473f515168821
-SIZE (highlight-2.0-25.tar.gz) = 259028
+MD5 (highlight-2.2-1.tar.gz) = 43feb11b48460e590767244dfd2dde3f
+SIZE (highlight-2.2-1.tar.gz) = 270193