diff --git a/lang/libhx/Makefile b/lang/libhx/Makefile
index 6bc7d2e2617f..4ae950fa56eb 100644
--- a/lang/libhx/Makefile
+++ b/lang/libhx/Makefile
@@ -1,30 +1,30 @@
 PORTNAME=	libHX
-PORTVERSION=	4.27
+PORTVERSION=	5.3
 CATEGORIES=	lang
 MASTER_SITES=	https://inai.de/files/libhx/ \
 		https://codeberg.org/jengelh/libhx/releases/download/v${PORTVERSION}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	danfe@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	C/C++ library with common data structures and functions
 WWW=		https://inai.de/projects/libhx/
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL21+
 
-USES=		cpe libtool localbase tar:xz
+USES=		cpe libtool localbase tar:zst
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--with-pkgconfigdir=${PREFIX}/libdata/pkgconfig
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 TEST_TARGET=	check
 
 CPE_VENDOR=	jan_engelhardt
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 PORTDOCS=	*
 DOCSDIR=	${PREFIX}/share/doc/${PORTNAME:tl}
 
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	${CP} -a ${INSTALL_WRKSRC}/doc/ ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/lang/libhx/distinfo b/lang/libhx/distinfo
index 39da4cefe81c..bae9b89d22c9 100644
--- a/lang/libhx/distinfo
+++ b/lang/libhx/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1742218328
-SHA256 (libHX-4.27.tar.xz) = ccf5d035c2e19cac8a1d7371f8bab7f0994aa168b9155249ca6bf5634f51ff9f
-SIZE (libHX-4.27.tar.xz) = 366304
+TIMESTAMP = 1769688978
+SHA256 (libHX-5.3.tar.zst) = ad5d8594d73caa85da8a594cfbfa65a8b295fecfcf5d753fabea2d909fe0c699
+SIZE (libHX-5.3.tar.zst) = 382078
diff --git a/lang/libhx/pkg-plist b/lang/libhx/pkg-plist
index 109c6651d393..6dc1f1cc3853 100644
--- a/lang/libhx/pkg-plist
+++ b/lang/libhx/pkg-plist
@@ -1,24 +1,25 @@
 include/libHX.h
 include/libHX/cast.h
 include/libHX/ctype_helper.h
 include/libHX/defs.h
 include/libHX/deque.h
 include/libHX/endian.h
 include/libHX/endian_float.h
 include/libHX/init.h
 include/libHX/intdiff.hpp
 include/libHX/io.h
 include/libHX/libxml_helper.h
 include/libHX/list.h
 include/libHX/map.h
 include/libHX/misc.h
 include/libHX/option.h
 include/libHX/proc.h
 include/libHX/scope.hpp
 include/libHX/socket.h
 include/libHX/string.h
+include/libHX/tie.hpp
 include/libHX/wx_helper.hpp
 lib/libHX.so
-lib/libHX.so.32
-lib/libHX.so.32.8.0
+lib/libHX.so.43
+lib/libHX.so.43.0.0
 libdata/pkgconfig/libHX.pc