diff --git a/lfs/ncat b/lfs/ncat
index 01f2b114e..629f8c137 100644
--- a/lfs/ncat
+++ b/lfs/ncat
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 #                                                                             #
 # IPFire.org - A linux based firewall                                         #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2025  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2026  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
 #                                                                             #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        #
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by        #
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ include Config
 
 SUMMARY    = Network tool to concatenate and redirect sockets
 
-VER        = 7.98
+VER        = 7.99
 
 THISAPP    = ncat-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = nmap-$(VER).tar.bz2
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = bbc7f4931876b2a59dc8d94b5498e72ee76084db19089820030473628f215a0a89972638f4128e46a46ffa55bd92141bfceab311fa00f4798cf111aca5ec104a
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 76cc39c7ba28615a143eec7f6fdf009746ad1c3ca8f07a8d3fb8a707ee116bc1acbfd2e33515817dd3e64cf0b4d8c6d6674e796c06bf20a8ee73e9b38b89341a
 
 install : $(TARGET)