diff --git a/x11-wm/awesome-vicious/Makefile b/x11-wm/awesome-vicious/Makefile
index 90327e135e82..8ee5cad342ef 100644
--- a/x11-wm/awesome-vicious/Makefile
+++ b/x11-wm/awesome-vicious/Makefile
@@ -1,37 +1,35 @@
 PORTNAME=	awesome-vicious
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	2.6.0
+DISTVERSION=	2.7.0
 CATEGORIES=	x11-wm
 
 MAINTAINER=	eduardo@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Widgets for the awesome window manager
 WWW=		https://vicious.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	awesome:x11-wm/awesome
 
-USES=		tar:xz
-
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	vicious-widgets
 GH_PROJECT=	vicious
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 NO_BUILD=	yes
 PORTDOCS=	CHANGELOG.rst CONTRIBUTING.rst README.md TODO
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 do-install:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/awesome/lib/vicious
 	(cd ${WRKSRC} && \
 		${COPYTREE_SHARE} . ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/awesome/lib/vicious)
 	@${RM} ${PORTDOCS:S,^,${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/awesome/lib/vicious/,}
 
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${PORTDOCS:S,^,${WRKSRC}/,} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/x11-wm/awesome-vicious/distinfo b/x11-wm/awesome-vicious/distinfo
index b6b381fea3ea..bd634c615f75 100644
--- a/x11-wm/awesome-vicious/distinfo
+++ b/x11-wm/awesome-vicious/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1672931188
-SHA256 (vicious-widgets-vicious-v2.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 444280d6c96c27a0c523b5f0a5e933a3f6dbf473c0a53bf4a8bce43a9b3dd537
-SIZE (vicious-widgets-vicious-v2.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 69108
+TIMESTAMP = 1702667446
+SHA256 (vicious-widgets-vicious-v2.7.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 449e2a0a3bd7c459ae3cb84825f39b282820bf3e2883af8fa1b1aa4e48d35367
+SIZE (vicious-widgets-vicious-v2.7.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 69420