diff --git a/x11-toolkits/hyprtoolkit/Makefile b/x11-toolkits/hyprtoolkit/Makefile
index c0e6abf26ab7..22e90a93ebca 100644
--- a/x11-toolkits/hyprtoolkit/Makefile
+++ b/x11-toolkits/hyprtoolkit/Makefile
@@ -1,51 +1,51 @@
 PORTNAME=	hyprtoolkit
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	0.5.2
+DISTVERSION=	0.5.3
 CATEGORIES=	x11-toolkits
 
 MAINTAINER=	tagattie@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Modern C++ Wayland-native GUI toolkit
 WWW=		https://github.com/hyprwm/hyprtoolkit
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	googletest>0:devel/googletest \
 		hyprwayland-scanner>=0.4.0:devel/hyprwayland-scanner \
 		wayland-protocols>0:graphics/wayland-protocols
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libhyprlang.so:devel/hyprlang \
 		libhyprutils.so:devel/hyprutils \
 		libiniparser.so:devel/iniparser \
 		libhyprgraphics.so:graphics/hyprgraphics \
 		libdrm.so:graphics/libdrm \
 		libwayland-client.so:graphics/wayland \
 		libxkbcommon.so:x11/libxkbcommon \
 		libaquamarine.so:x11-toolkits/aquamarine
 
 USES=		cmake:testing compiler:c++20-lang gl gnome pkgconfig xorg
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	hyprwm
 
 USE_GL=		egl gbm opengl
 USE_GNOME=	cairo pango
 USE_XORG=	pixman
 
 LDFLAGS+=	-pthread
 
 PLIST_SUB=	SOVERSION_FULL=${DISTVERSION} \
 		SOVERSION_MAJOR=5
 
 # XXX Drop after FreeBSD 13.5 EOL around 2026-04-30
 # https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=af93fea71038
 .if !exists(/usr/include/sys/timerfd.h)
 LIB_DEPENDS+=	libepoll-shim.so:devel/libepoll-shim
 .endif
 
 # XXX Drop after FreeBSD 14.* EOL around 2028-11-30
 # https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=3965de642c29
 .if !exists(/usr/include/sys/inotify.h)
 LIB_DEPENDS+=	libinotify.so:devel/libinotify
 .endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/x11-toolkits/hyprtoolkit/distinfo b/x11-toolkits/hyprtoolkit/distinfo
index 585e02a83ffb..0cc5df4b8f31 100644
--- a/x11-toolkits/hyprtoolkit/distinfo
+++ b/x11-toolkits/hyprtoolkit/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1767617779
-SHA256 (hyprwm-hyprtoolkit-v0.5.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 8c67aee9b5cf949df4b60d581365fffac445de13a7f0ae615c49ec5bd0482b88
-SIZE (hyprwm-hyprtoolkit-v0.5.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 574369
+TIMESTAMP = 1770207773
+SHA256 (hyprwm-hyprtoolkit-v0.5.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 7e6671fd4bf6f4b1eda0115aa187aa183db40d59049cca1d7546fb46fdb4cdc0
+SIZE (hyprwm-hyprtoolkit-v0.5.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 574835
diff --git a/x11-toolkits/hyprtoolkit/files/patch-src_core_Backend.cpp b/x11-toolkits/hyprtoolkit/files/patch-src_core_Backend.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 507974400deb..000000000000
--- a/x11-toolkits/hyprtoolkit/files/patch-src_core_Backend.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
---- src/core/Backend.cpp.orig	2026-01-04 07:23:45 UTC
-+++ src/core/Backend.cpp
-@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
- #include <print>
- #include <unistd.h>
- 
-+#if defined(__FreeBSD__)
-+#include <pthread_np.h>
-+#endif
-+
- using namespace Hyprtoolkit;
- using namespace Hyprutils::Memory;
- 
-@@ -416,7 +420,12 @@ void CBackend::enterLoop() {
- 
-     m_sLoopState.event = true; // let it process once
- 
--    m_sLoopState.eventLoopThreadID = gettid();
-+    m_sLoopState.eventLoopThreadID =
-+#if defined(__linux__)
-+        gettid();
-+#elif defined(__FreeBSD__)
-+        pthread_getthreadid_np();
-+#endif
- 
-     while (!m_terminate) {
-         std::unique_lock lk(m_sLoopState.eventRequestMutex);