diff --git a/usr.bin/tar/Makefile b/usr.bin/tar/Makefile
index 5e898eb9a4c0..94db83121dac 100644
--- a/usr.bin/tar/Makefile
+++ b/usr.bin/tar/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PROG=	bsdtar
-BSDTAR_VERSION_STRING=2.5.4b
+BSDTAR_VERSION_STRING=2.5.5
 SRCS=	bsdtar.c getdate.y matching.c read.c siginfo.c subst.c tree.c util.c write.c
 WARNS?=	5
 DPADD=	${LIBARCHIVE} ${LIBBZ2} ${LIBZ}