diff --git a/math/suitesparse-cholmod/Makefile b/math/suitesparse-cholmod/Makefile
index feaa09b9afbc7..b2b607c6a37b5 100644
--- a/math/suitesparse-cholmod/Makefile
+++ b/math/suitesparse-cholmod/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	${MPORTNAME:tl}
-PORTVERSION=	4.2.2
+PORTVERSION=	5.0.0
 CATEGORIES=	math
 
 COMMENT=	Sparse CHOLesky MODification package
diff --git a/math/suitesparse-cholmod/pkg-plist b/math/suitesparse-cholmod/pkg-plist
index 9978d7707ea03..887dd314fa997 100644
--- a/math/suitesparse-cholmod/pkg-plist
+++ b/math/suitesparse-cholmod/pkg-plist
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ lib/cmake/CHOLMOD/CHOLMODTargets-%%CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE%%.cmake
 lib/cmake/CHOLMOD/CHOLMODTargets.cmake
 lib/libcholmod.a
 lib/libcholmod.so
-lib/libcholmod.so.4
+lib/libcholmod.so.5
 lib/libcholmod.so.%%VER%%
 libdata/pkgconfig/CHOLMOD.pc
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/CHOLMOD_README.txt