diff --git a/devel/sfsexp/Makefile b/devel/sfsexp/Makefile
index 51797a1fe810..a8ab1d811a7c 100644
--- a/devel/sfsexp/Makefile
+++ b/devel/sfsexp/Makefile
@@ -1,26 +1,25 @@
 PORTNAME=	sfsexp
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.3.1-18
-DISTVERSIONSUFFIX=	-gc11b849
+DISTVERSION=	1.4.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	jrm@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Small Fast S-Expression Library
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL21+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE_LGPL
 
 USES=		autoreconf libtool pkgconfig
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	mjsottile
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 
 post-install:
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/${PORTNAME}.pc \
 	  ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/libdata/pkgconfig/
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/sfsexp/distinfo b/devel/sfsexp/distinfo
index 3e6396ce9036..004d71d24853 100644
--- a/devel/sfsexp/distinfo
+++ b/devel/sfsexp/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1635039746
-SHA256 (mjsottile-sfsexp-v1.3.1-18-gc11b849_GH0.tar.gz) = dd274a5f5d80c5c98a6955c3188dddd75c18bc57c22648b753dc572f1f59f2ec
-SIZE (mjsottile-sfsexp-v1.3.1-18-gc11b849_GH0.tar.gz) = 115544
+TIMESTAMP = 1653592851
+SHA256 (mjsottile-sfsexp-v1.4.0_GH0.tar.gz) = ef09aca137957f7f4ef31d0429837cb8647288fb822f40c18d49e21235297594
+SIZE (mjsottile-sfsexp-v1.4.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 115554
diff --git a/devel/sfsexp/files/patch-sfsexp.pc.in b/devel/sfsexp/files/patch-sfsexp.pc.in
deleted file mode 100644
index a43486ffa992..000000000000
--- a/devel/sfsexp/files/patch-sfsexp.pc.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
---- sfsexp.pc.in.orig	2021-10-24 02:04:26 UTC
-+++ sfsexp.pc.in
-@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ Description: small and fast s-expressions library
- URL: https://github.com/mjsottile/sfsexp
- Version: @VERSION@
- Libs: -L@libdir@ -lsexp
--Cflags: -I@includedir@/sfsexp
-+Cflags: -I@includedir@
diff --git a/devel/sfsexp/pkg-plist b/devel/sfsexp/pkg-plist
index 09ef656404ad..1db7dcfb5b38 100644
--- a/devel/sfsexp/pkg-plist
+++ b/devel/sfsexp/pkg-plist
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-include/cstring.h
-include/faststack.h
-include/sexp.h
-include/sexp_errors.h
-include/sexp_memory.h
-include/sexp_ops.h
-include/sexp_vis.h
+include/sfsexp/cstring.h
+include/sfsexp/faststack.h
+include/sfsexp/sexp.h
+include/sfsexp/sexp_errors.h
+include/sfsexp/sexp_memory.h
+include/sfsexp/sexp_ops.h
+include/sfsexp/sexp_vis.h
 lib/libsexp.a
 lib/libsexp.so
 lib/libsexp.so.1
 lib/libsexp.so.1.0.0
 libdata/pkgconfig/sfsexp.pc