diff --git a/devel/leiningen/Makefile b/devel/leiningen/Makefile
index 6a03c9a898fad..7c044d4a670f1 100644
--- a/devel/leiningen/Makefile
+++ b/devel/leiningen/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 PORTNAME=	leiningen
-PORTVERSION=	2.9.4
+PORTVERSION=	2.9.6
 CATEGORIES=	devel lisp java
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/technomancy/leiningen/releases/download/${PORTVERSION}/:standalone
 DISTFILES=	leiningen-${PORTVERSION}-standalone.zip:standalone
 EXTRACT_ONLY=	${DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
 
-PATCH_SITES=	https://github.com/technomancy/leiningen/commit/
-PATCHFILES=	7677dabea40a2d17a42a718ca8c7e450b09e153c.patch:-p1
-
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Automate Clojure projects
 
diff --git a/devel/leiningen/distinfo b/devel/leiningen/distinfo
index 5f7c55566d425..9e772506dbb3f 100644
--- a/devel/leiningen/distinfo
+++ b/devel/leiningen/distinfo
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1594291460
-SHA256 (leiningen-2.9.4-standalone.zip) = 0e3c339480347df0445317d329accbd4a578ebbd8d91e568e661feb1b388706c
-SIZE (leiningen-2.9.4-standalone.zip) = 12517963
-SHA256 (technomancy-leiningen-2.9.4_GH0.tar.gz) = be1b1e43c5376f2fdc8666aeb671df16c19776d5cfe64339292a3d35ce3a7faa
-SIZE (technomancy-leiningen-2.9.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 752315
+TIMESTAMP = 1619717089
+SHA256 (leiningen-2.9.6-standalone.zip) = 41c543f73eec4327dc20e60d5d820fc2a9dc772bc671610b9c385d9c4f5970b8
+SIZE (leiningen-2.9.6-standalone.zip) = 12760940
+SHA256 (technomancy-leiningen-2.9.6_GH0.tar.gz) = 2f3b8a7eb710bd3a266975387f216bd4a3bace2f1b0a1f0ae88a93d919d813d9
+SIZE (technomancy-leiningen-2.9.6_GH0.tar.gz) = 923578
 SHA256 (7677dabea40a2d17a42a718ca8c7e450b09e153c.patch) = f9459ed6eec5d84bf0ec2270dce35c30da4cc2dfd1d88fe2070d0706874f0fc5
 SIZE (7677dabea40a2d17a42a718ca8c7e450b09e153c.patch) = 925