diff --git a/devel/newt/Makefile b/devel/newt/Makefile
index 5d0fe8b6e97f..a02a269f3a99 100644
--- a/devel/newt/Makefile
+++ b/devel/newt/Makefile
@@ -1,73 +1,73 @@
 PORTNAME=	newt
-PORTVERSION=	0.52.21
+PORTVERSION=	0.52.22
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	https://releases.pagure.org/newt/
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Not Eriks Windowing Toolkit: console I/O handling library
 WWW=		https://pagure.io/newt
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libpopt.so:devel/popt \
 		libslang.so:devel/libslang2
 
 USES=		autoreconf gmake localbase ncurses pathfix
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 MAKE_ENV=	PCFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
 MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=	yes
 
 CPPFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include
 LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib -lncurses
 
 SUB_FILES=	pkgIndex.tcl
 SUB_LIST=	VERSION="${PORTVERSION}"
 
 PLIST_SUB=	SOVERSION="${SOVERSION}" \
 		VERSION="${PORTVERSION}"
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		NLS PYTHON TCL
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	PYTHON
 OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
 
 NLS_USES=		gettext
 NLS_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	nls
 PYTHON_USES=		python
 PYTHON_CONFIGURE_WITH=	python=${PYTHON_VERSION}
 PYTHON_VARS=		BINARY_ALIAS=python3=${PYTHON_VERSION}
 TCL_USES=		tcl
 TCL_CONFIGURE_WITH=	tcl
 TCL_CONFIGURE_ENV=	ac_cv_c_tclconfig=${TCL_LIBDIR:Q}
 TCL_CPPFLAGS=		-I${TCL_INCLUDEDIR:Q}
 
 SOVERSION=	${PORTVERSION:R:E}
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e \
 		's|@CPP@|@CC@ -E| ; \
 		 s|-D_GNU_SOURCE|| ; \
 		 s| -g | |g ; \
 		 /make -C/s|^|#| ; \
 		 /whiptcl.$$(SOEXT)/s|install|${TRUE}|' ${WRKSRC}/Makefile.in
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/whiptail
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/libnewt.so
 
 post-install-NLS-on:
 	@(cd ${WRKSRC}/po && ${DO_MAKE_BUILD} ${MAKE_ARGS} \
 		datadir=${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share ${INSTALL_TARGET})
 
 post-install-PYTHON-on:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/_snack.so
 
 post-install-TCL-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/whip${PORTVERSION}
 	(cd ${WRKSRC} && ${INSTALL_LIB} whiptcl.so \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/whip${PORTVERSION})
 	(cd ${WRKDIR} && ${INSTALL_DATA} pkgIndex.tcl \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/whip${PORTVERSION})
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/newt/distinfo b/devel/newt/distinfo
index b624417f0c36..ab0613fd89e5 100644
--- a/devel/newt/distinfo
+++ b/devel/newt/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1633990735
-SHA256 (newt-0.52.21.tar.gz) = 265eb46b55d7eaeb887fca7a1d51fe115658882dfe148164b6c49fccac5abb31
-SIZE (newt-0.52.21.tar.gz) = 174895
+TIMESTAMP = 1669133240
+SHA256 (newt-0.52.22.tar.gz) = a15efa37e86610b68a942b19a138b44ccb501c234e4c82dab2f5a9b19f7c9e79
+SIZE (newt-0.52.22.tar.gz) = 176269
diff --git a/devel/newt/files/patch-configure.ac b/devel/newt/files/patch-configure.ac
index 0aa883a8777a..f9ca86903e13 100644
--- a/devel/newt/files/patch-configure.ac
+++ b/devel/newt/files/patch-configure.ac
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
---- configure.ac.orig	2019-05-27 12:57:40 UTC
+--- configure.ac.orig	2022-11-21 13:58:11 UTC
 +++ configure.ac
-@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ AC_CHECK_SIZEOF([void *])
+@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ AC_CHECK_SIZEOF([void *])
  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for GNU ld])
- LD=`$CC -print-prog-name=ld 2>&5`
+ LD=$($CC -print-prog-name=ld 2>&5)
  
--if test `$LD -v 2>&1 | $ac_cv_path_GREP -c "GNU ld"` = 0; then
+-if test $($LD -v 2>&1 | $ac_cv_path_GREP -c "GNU ld") = 0; then
 +if test `$LD -v 2>&1 | $ac_cv_path_GREP -c -E "GNU ld|compatible with GNU linkers"` = 0; then
    # Not
    GNU_LD=""
    AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
-@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ else
+@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ else
      AC_SUBST([TCL_LIB_FLAG])
      WHIPTCLLIB=whiptcl
      # needed with tcl8.6
 -    CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -DUSE_INTERP_RESULT"
 +    CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS "
    else
      AC_MSG_RESULT([NOT found])
    fi