diff --git a/devel/electron38/Makefile.version b/devel/electron38/Makefile.version
index d29981805f5c..6bb42733992a 100644
--- a/devel/electron38/Makefile.version
+++ b/devel/electron38/Makefile.version
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-ELECTRON_VER=	38.3.0
+ELECTRON_VER=	38.4.0
 ELECTRON_VER_MAJOR=	${ELECTRON_VER:C/\..*//}
diff --git a/devel/electron38/distinfo b/devel/electron38/distinfo
index 2daf584173b1..f7994759e221 100644
--- a/devel/electron38/distinfo
+++ b/devel/electron38/distinfo
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1760689434
+TIMESTAMP = 1761309052
 SHA256 (electron/chromium-140.0.7339.240.tar.xz.0) = 6f4a5a20ca144367ea2eca94239a6abaceae75a476da69a77fe56003dba226f8
 SIZE (electron/chromium-140.0.7339.240.tar.xz.0) = 2000000000
 SHA256 (electron/chromium-140.0.7339.240.tar.xz.1) = 20981168d3a0b42735617c5070134e62fcd598d099a902efc1fa79295de96044
 SIZE (electron/chromium-140.0.7339.240.tar.xz.1) = 2000000000
 SHA256 (electron/chromium-140.0.7339.240.tar.xz.2) = ae902a045d7429e57ceb135001f8ed9325b65fff9bc4dba23add9506a0e216cc
 SIZE (electron/chromium-140.0.7339.240.tar.xz.2) = 331887040
 SHA256 (electron/pulseaudio-16.1.tar.gz) = 027266c62f2a84422ac45fa721a649508f0f1628fb1fd9242315ac54ce2d7c92
 SIZE (electron/pulseaudio-16.1.tar.gz) = 2763111
-SHA256 (electron/electron-yarn-cache-38.3.0.tar.xz) = 7ed6fedc372c5bd23b38ed252c12ace0f0fbce096b5442add4501a965282eb04
-SIZE (electron/electron-yarn-cache-38.3.0.tar.xz) = 30044356
-SHA256 (electron/electron-electron-v38.3.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 0a71805f5498a4cef0a2d1cd66dcb90d662b6d4348c38b3ddf033031586870f5
-SIZE (electron/electron-electron-v38.3.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 15863168
+SHA256 (electron/electron-yarn-cache-38.4.0.tar.xz) = 7ed6fedc372c5bd23b38ed252c12ace0f0fbce096b5442add4501a965282eb04
+SIZE (electron/electron-yarn-cache-38.4.0.tar.xz) = 30044356
+SHA256 (electron/electron-electron-v38.4.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 48acd4fcd3a699118d44f53e6264630af070a5a78de8d14a859f8eb863c95240
+SIZE (electron/electron-electron-v38.4.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 15863761
 SHA256 (electron/nodejs-node-v22.20.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 5c2e4ecc6583c5d49f9a9a4473fc267402762fc8e8a7835465919dacd6fdd5d8
 SIZE (electron/nodejs-node-v22.20.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 129356712
 SHA256 (electron/nodejs-nan-e14bdcd1f72d62bca1d541b66da43130384ec213_GH0.tar.gz) = 02edf8d5b3fef9af94d8a1355da60564a57e7f2c99cb422bce042400607ed2eb
 SIZE (electron/nodejs-nan-e14bdcd1f72d62bca1d541b66da43130384ec213_GH0.tar.gz) = 180646
 SHA256 (electron/Squirrel-Squirrel.Mac-0e5d146ba13101a1302d59ea6e6e0b3cace4ae38_GH0.tar.gz) = f4ebb40a8d85dbb7ef02aa0571b2f8e22182c6d73b6992484a53c90047779d01
 SIZE (electron/Squirrel-Squirrel.Mac-0e5d146ba13101a1302d59ea6e6e0b3cace4ae38_GH0.tar.gz) = 2112918
 SHA256 (electron/ReactiveCocoa-ReactiveObjC-74ab5baccc6f7202c8ac69a8d1e152c29dc1ea76_GH0.tar.gz) = 88e65f116c7a06fccedb43970fba63080a57a4e5dc29147d2cdfe1ee58dd0546
 SIZE (electron/ReactiveCocoa-ReactiveObjC-74ab5baccc6f7202c8ac69a8d1e152c29dc1ea76_GH0.tar.gz) = 1136238
 SHA256 (electron/Mantle-Mantle-78d3966b3c331292ea29ec38661b25df0a245948_GH0.tar.gz) = a365df6d83e0be3cc000b70bd39734d80c28f0d9983ebe44698337a2ca464bb1
 SIZE (electron/Mantle-Mantle-78d3966b3c331292ea29ec38661b25df0a245948_GH0.tar.gz) = 62962
 SHA256 (electron/EngFlow-reclient-configs-955335c30a752e9ef7bff375baab5e0819b6c00d_GH0.tar.gz) = c148f76220fc41a89ffeaf370c2cc175577be184688b12aa6fec5f8ac6c714c4
 SIZE (electron/EngFlow-reclient-configs-955335c30a752e9ef7bff375baab5e0819b6c00d_GH0.tar.gz) = 13014
diff --git a/devel/electron38/files/patch-electron_lib_browser_init.ts b/devel/electron38/files/patch-electron_lib_browser_init.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ea64a2c6c8f1..000000000000
--- a/devel/electron38/files/patch-electron_lib_browser_init.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- electron/lib/browser/init.ts.orig	2025-04-04 05:26:44 UTC
-+++ electron/lib/browser/init.ts
-@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ function currentPlatformSupportsAppIndicator () {
- const KNOWN_XDG_DESKTOP_VALUES = new Set(['Pantheon', 'Unity:Unity7', 'pop:GNOME']);
- 
- function currentPlatformSupportsAppIndicator () {
--  if (process.platform !== 'linux') return false;
-+  if (process.platform !== 'linux' && process.platform !== 'freebsd') return false;
-   const currentDesktop = process.env.XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP;
- 
-   if (!currentDesktop) return false;
diff --git a/devel/electron38/files/patch-electron_shell_common_node__bindings.cc b/devel/electron38/files/patch-electron_shell_common_node__bindings.cc
index cb6fa1fa4a3f..1e48c2301eb5 100644
--- a/devel/electron38/files/patch-electron_shell_common_node__bindings.cc
+++ b/devel/electron38/files/patch-electron_shell_common_node__bindings.cc
@@ -1,38 +1,38 @@
---- electron/shell/common/node_bindings.cc.orig	2025-09-02 20:56:04 UTC
+--- electron/shell/common/node_bindings.cc.orig	2025-10-21 13:26:57 UTC
 +++ electron/shell/common/node_bindings.cc
-@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
+@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
  #include "third_party/electron_node/src/debug_utils.h"
  #include "third_party/electron_node/src/module_wrap.h"
  
 -#if !IS_MAS_BUILD()
 +#if !IS_MAS_BUILD() && !BUILDFLAG(IS_BSD)
  #include "shell/common/crash_keys.h"
  #endif
  
-@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ void V8FatalErrorCallback(const char* location, const 
+@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ void V8FatalErrorCallback(const char* location, const 
  void V8FatalErrorCallback(const char* location, const char* message) {
    LOG(ERROR) << "Fatal error in V8: " << location << " " << message;
  
 -#if !IS_MAS_BUILD()
 +#if !IS_MAS_BUILD() && !BUILDFLAG(IS_BSD)
    electron::crash_keys::SetCrashKey("electron.v8-fatal.message", message);
    electron::crash_keys::SetCrashKey("electron.v8-fatal.location", location);
  #endif
-@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ void V8OOMErrorCallback(const char* location, const v8
+@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ void V8OOMErrorCallback(const char* location, const v8
      LOG(ERROR) << "OOM detail: " << details.detail;
    }
  
 -#if !IS_MAS_BUILD()
 +#if !IS_MAS_BUILD() && !BUILDFLAG(IS_BSD)
    electron::crash_keys::SetCrashKey("electron.v8-oom.is_heap_oom",
                                      std::to_string(details.is_heap_oom));
    if (location) {
-@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ void NodeBindings::Initialize(v8::Isolate* const isola
+@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ void NodeBindings::Initialize(v8::Isolate* const isola
    TRACE_EVENT0("electron", "NodeBindings::Initialize");
    // Open node's error reporting system for browser process.
  
 -#if BUILDFLAG(IS_LINUX)
 +#if BUILDFLAG(IS_LINUX) || BUILDFLAG(IS_BSD)
    // Get real command line in renderer process forked by zygote.
    if (browser_env_ != BrowserEnvironment::kBrowser)
      ElectronCommandLine::InitializeFromCommandLine();