diff --git a/math/octave-forge-fileio/Makefile b/math/octave-forge-fileio/Makefile
index 77dedcd6f66c..0590c2f20a4f 100644
--- a/math/octave-forge-fileio/Makefile
+++ b/math/octave-forge-fileio/Makefile
@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
 PORTNAME=	octave-forge-fileio
-DISTVERSION=	1.2.3
+DISTVERSION=	1.2.4
 CATEGORIES=	math
 
 MAINTAINER=	stephen@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Octave-forge package ${OCTAVE_PKGNAME}
 WWW=		https://packages.octave.org/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKDIR}/${OCTAVE_SRC}/COPYING
 
 USES=		octave
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	reprostat
 GH_PROJECT=	fileio
 
 OCTAVE_SRC=	${GH_PROJECT}-${DISTVERSION}
+WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${OCTAVE_SRC}
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 NO_BUILD=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/math/octave-forge-fileio/distinfo b/math/octave-forge-fileio/distinfo
index fa104cba4c1b..3a185ceaae6d 100644
--- a/math/octave-forge-fileio/distinfo
+++ b/math/octave-forge-fileio/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1774887178
-SHA256 (octave-forge/reprostat-fileio-1.2.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 22aea3e7c25b15437e7977da8f8fc4a11770e536f102943d4e1a8bb2c921d8ce
-SIZE (octave-forge/reprostat-fileio-1.2.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 1484330
+TIMESTAMP = 1775405105
+SHA256 (octave-forge/reprostat-fileio-1.2.4_GH0.tar.gz) = ee31f9b0a0fbf80f4f5bc3c35149df261292687d2b66168eda72554034ba95fc
+SIZE (octave-forge/reprostat-fileio-1.2.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 1484326
diff --git a/math/octave-forge-fileio/files/patch-DESCRIPTION b/math/octave-forge-fileio/files/patch-DESCRIPTION
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..78af41747c15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/math/octave-forge-fileio/files/patch-DESCRIPTION
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- DESCRIPTION.orig	2026-04-05 16:06:25 UTC
++++ DESCRIPTION
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ name: fileio
+ name: fileio
+-version: 1.2.3
++version: 1.2.4
+ date: 2023-07-05
+ author: Tibor Auer <tibor.auer@gmail.com>
+ maintainer: Tibor Auer <tibor.auer@gmail.com>