diff --git a/sysutils/less/Makefile b/sysutils/less/Makefile
index 5b6b20d78c19..44f22adb642d 100644
--- a/sysutils/less/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/less/Makefile
@@ -1,39 +1,38 @@
 PORTNAME=	less
-DISTVERSION=	661
+PORTVERSION=	685
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
-MASTER_SITES=	http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/
+MASTER_SITES=	https://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/
 
 MAINTAINER=	jharris@widomaker.com
 COMMENT=	Better pager utility
-WWW=		https://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/
+WWW=		https://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/ \
+		https://github.com/gwsw/less
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3+ MIT
 LICENSE_COMB=	dual
 LICENSE_FILE_GPLv3+ =	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 LICENSE_FILE_MIT=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		cpe gmake ncurses
 
-CPE_VENDOR=	gnu
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
+LIBS+=		-lncurses
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/less \
 		bin/lessecho \
 		bin/lesskey \
 		share/man/man1/less.1.gz \
 		share/man/man1/lessecho.1.gz \
 		share/man/man1/lesskey.1.gz
 
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=		COLORS PCRE
-OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	COLORS PCRE
+CPE_VENDOR=	gnu
 
-COLORS_DESC=		Enable colors support via escape sequence
-COLORS_CPPFLAGS=	-DCOLOR_LESS
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=	PCRE
+OPTIONS_DEFAULT=PCRE
 
-PCRE_LIB_DEPENDS=	libpcre.so:devel/pcre
-PCRE_USES=		localbase
-PCRE_CONFIGURE_ON=	--with-regex=pcre
 PCRE_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--with-regex=posix
-PCRE_LDFLAGS=		-L${LOCALBASE}/lib -lpcre
+PCRE_CONFIGURE_ON=	--with-regex=pcre2
+PCRE_LIB_DEPENDS=	libpcre2-8.so:devel/pcre2
+PCRE_USES=		localbase:ldflags
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/less/distinfo b/sysutils/less/distinfo
index 646471ae07f4..6423a1b3c931 100644
--- a/sysutils/less/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/less/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1720807390
-SHA256 (less-661.tar.gz) = 2b5f0167216e3ef0ffcb0c31c374e287eb035e4e223d5dae315c2783b6e738ed
-SIZE (less-661.tar.gz) = 648198
+TIMESTAMP = 1761597055
+SHA256 (less-685.tar.gz) = 2701041e767e697ee420ce0825641cedc8f20b51576abe99d92c1666d332e9dc
+SIZE (less-685.tar.gz) = 882560
diff --git a/sysutils/less/files/patch-Makefile.in b/sysutils/less/files/patch-Makefile.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 02b9334bb5f2..000000000000
--- a/sysutils/less/files/patch-Makefile.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- Makefile.in.orig	2013-04-04 16:55:06 UTC
-+++ Makefile.in
-@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ CPPFLAGS = @CPPFLAGS@
- EXEEXT = @EXEEXT@
- O=o
- 
--LIBS = @LIBS@
-+LIBS = -lncurses
- 
- prefix = @prefix@
- exec_prefix = @exec_prefix@