diff --git a/www/gitea/Makefile b/www/gitea/Makefile
index 37cb50915293..b378c3cc68f3 100644
--- a/www/gitea/Makefile
+++ b/www/gitea/Makefile
@@ -1,82 +1,82 @@
 PORTNAME=	gitea
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.23.8
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	1.24.2
 CATEGORIES=	www
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/download/${DISTVERSIONPREFIX}${DISTVERSION}/ \
 		https://dl.gitea.io/gitea/${DISTVERSION}/
 DISTNAME=	gitea-src-${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	stb@lassitu.de
 COMMENT=	Compact self-hosted Git service
 WWW=		https://gitea.com/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	git:devel/git
 
 USES=		cpe gmake go:no_targets
 USE_RC_SUBR=	gitea
 
 EXTRACT_AFTER_ARGS=	--strip-components 1 # since 1.17.0, archive includes gitea-src-VERSION directory
 SUB_FILES+=	app.ini.sample pkg-message
 SUB_LIST+=	GITUSER=${USERS}
 
 NO_WRKSUBDIR=	yes
 
 USERS=		git
 GROUPS=		git
 
 PORTDATA=	*
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		BINDATA GIT_LFS PAM SQLITE
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	GIT_LFS PAM SQLITE
 OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
 
 BINDATA_DESC=	Build a single monolithic binary, with all assets included
 GIT_LFS_DESC=	Support for Git Large File Storage (LFS)
 PAM_DESC=	Enable support for PAM
 
 BINDATA_VARS=		GO_TAGS+=bindata
 GIT_LFS_RUN_DEPENDS=	git-lfs:devel/git-lfs
 PAM_VARS=		GO_TAGS+=pam
 SQLITE_VARS=		GO_TAGS+="sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify"
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 .if ${OPSYS} == FreeBSD
 DAEMONARGS=	-S -l \$${gitea_facility} -s \$${gitea_priority} -T \$${name}
 .else
 DAEMONARGS=	-f
 .endif
 
 SUB_LIST+=	DAEMONARGS="${DAEMONARGS}"
 
 SSP_UNSAFE=	true
 LDFLAGS+=	"'-X "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting.CustomPath=${PREFIX}/etc/gitea"'"
 LDFLAGS+=	"'-X "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting.AppWorkPath=${PREFIX}/share/gitea"'"
 MAKE_ARGS=	GOPATH=${WRKDIR} TAGS="${GO_TAGS}" GOFLAGS="-buildvcs=false"
 ALL_TARGET=	backend
 MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=	yes
 
 post-patch:
 	${ECHO_CMD} ${DISTVERSION} >${WRKSRC}/VERSION
 
 # Too lazy to figure out why go install won't work.
 do-install:
 	# Go binary is statically linked and cannot be stripped, so use
 	# INSTALL_SCRIPT.
 	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKSRC}/gitea ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/sbin
-	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/conf
+	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/conf \
+		 ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR} \
+		 ${STAGEDIR}/var/db/gitea \
+		 ${STAGEDIR}/var/db/gitea/data \
+		 ${STAGEDIR}/var/db/gitea/gitea-repositories \
+		 ${STAGEDIR}/var/log/gitea
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKDIR}/app.ini.sample ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/conf/app.ini.sample
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/custom/conf/app.example.ini ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/conf/app.ini.defaults
-	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}
-	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}/var/db/gitea
-	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}/var/db/gitea/gitea-repositories
-	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}/var/log/gitea
 
 do-install-BINDATA-off:
 	cd ${WRKSRC} && ${COPYTREE_SHARE} "options public templates" ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/www/gitea/distinfo b/www/gitea/distinfo
index cff6db15cdc5..e0a6d99a3873 100644
--- a/www/gitea/distinfo
+++ b/www/gitea/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1747455860
-SHA256 (gitea-src-1.23.8.tar.gz) = 0ff96c1b7cc0960b5b9d34bd978cedc0f856a168654838bdef3551621f049717
-SIZE (gitea-src-1.23.8.tar.gz) = 55482190
+TIMESTAMP = 1750493495
+SHA256 (gitea-src-1.24.2.tar.gz) = 1015496a01a95821faaefce1d422ecdd98f62bc609efbeb43608772612ceeeff
+SIZE (gitea-src-1.24.2.tar.gz) = 51769357
diff --git a/www/gitea/pkg-plist b/www/gitea/pkg-plist
index acab89e7b63f..e7dfdadde2ad 100644
--- a/www/gitea/pkg-plist
+++ b/www/gitea/pkg-plist
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 @sample %%ETCDIR%%/conf/app.ini.sample
 %%ETCDIR%%/conf/app.ini.defaults
 sbin/gitea
 @dir(git,git,755) /var/db/gitea
+@dir(git,git,755) /var/db/gitea/data
 @dir(git,git,755) /var/db/gitea/gitea-repositories
 @dir(git,git,755) /var/log/gitea