diff --git a/sysutils/podman/Makefile b/sysutils/podman/Makefile
index cc4098f7f499..82877ad1e1c2 100644
--- a/sysutils/podman/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/podman/Makefile
@@ -1,42 +1,41 @@
 PORTNAME=	podman
-PORTVERSION=	4.4.0.dev
-PORTREVISION=	6
+DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
+DISTVERSION=	4.4.2
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 
 MAINTAINER=	dfr@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Manage Pods, Containers and Container Images
 WWW=		https://podman.io/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	bash:shells/bash \
 		go-md2man:textproc/go-md2man \
 		gsed:textproc/gsed
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libgpgme.so:security/gpgme
 RUN_DEPENDS=	conmon:sysutils/conmon \
 		containernetworking-plugins>=0:net/containernetworking-plugins \
 		containers-common>=0:sysutils/containers-common \
 		ocijail:sysutils/ocijail
 
 USES=		gmake go:no_targets pkgconfig python:3.7+,build shebangfix
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	${WRKSRC}/hack/markdown-preprocess
 
 # Parallel builds are flaky due to some kind of file race in the
 # markdown-preprocess phase of the docs build.
 MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	containers
 GH_PROJECT=	podman
-GH_TAGNAME=	b294b7c3
 
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install install.completions
 
 # Temporary until https://github.com/containers/podman/pull/16422 lands
 do-install:
 	${GMAKE} -C ${WRKSRC} DESTDIR=${STAGEDIR} GO=${GO_CMD} install
 	${GMAKE} -C ${WRKSRC} DESTDIR=${STAGEDIR} GO=${GO_CMD} install.completions
 	${RM} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/tmpfiles.d/podman.conf
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/podman/distinfo b/sysutils/podman/distinfo
index e4e0d4997ff5..3fb40bc89c3d 100644
--- a/sysutils/podman/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/podman/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1669815845
-SHA256 (containers-podman-4.4.0.dev-b294b7c3_GH0.tar.gz) = 359c711ae275f432e4648d63944effa1779ff333828a4f7f46066081911e6232
-SIZE (containers-podman-4.4.0.dev-b294b7c3_GH0.tar.gz) = 13077012
+TIMESTAMP = 1678027489
+SHA256 (containers-podman-v4.4.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 59cec158438efa8a3e651b19e150d9afd90f7e3f07c30605a997e18b8c54b67c
+SIZE (containers-podman-v4.4.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 14401422
diff --git a/sysutils/podman/files/patch-libpod_container__api.go b/sysutils/podman/files/patch-libpod_container__api.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b6573d8a5467
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysutils/podman/files/patch-libpod_container__api.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+--- libpod/container_api.go.orig	2023-02-23 15:59:21 UTC
++++ libpod/container_api.go
+@@ -788,10 +788,12 @@ func (c *Container) Cleanup(ctx context.Context) error
+ 
+ 	// make sure all the container processes are terminated if we are running without a pid namespace.
+ 	hasPidNs := false
+-	for _, i := range c.config.Spec.Linux.Namespaces {
+-		if i.Type == spec.PIDNamespace {
+-			hasPidNs = true
+-			break
++	if c.config.Spec.Linux != nil {
++		for _, i := range c.config.Spec.Linux.Namespaces {
++			if i.Type == spec.PIDNamespace {
++				hasPidNs = true
++				break
++			}
+ 		}
+ 	}
+ 	if !hasPidNs {
diff --git a/sysutils/podman/pkg-message b/sysutils/podman/pkg-message
index 6b311a50f0a1..30efe34d4a9c 100644
--- a/sysutils/podman/pkg-message
+++ b/sysutils/podman/pkg-message
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This port of the podman container engine is based on unreleased
-sources and should be used for evaluation and testing purposes only.
+The FreeBSD port of the podman container engine is experimental and should be
+used for evaluation and testing purposes only.
 
 $ sudo podman run --rm docker.io/dougrabson/hello