diff --git a/x11-fm/filerunner/Makefile b/x11-fm/filerunner/Makefile
index 0559689a7054..52d41f47b884 100644
--- a/x11-fm/filerunner/Makefile
+++ b/x11-fm/filerunner/Makefile
@@ -1,36 +1,39 @@
 PORTNAME=	filerunner
-DISTVERSION=	24.07.12.20
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	26.09.03.12
 CATEGORIES=	x11-fm tk
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/release-${DISTVERSION}
 DISTNAME=	fr-${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	mce@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Tcl/Tk-based filemanager with FTP capabilities
 WWW=		https://sourceforge.net/projects/filerunner/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 
-USES=		desktop-file-utils shebangfix tk:run
+USES=		desktop-file-utils python:run shebangfix tk:run
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	fr fr.tcl frftp frlib/snitIndex.tcl Makefiles/INSTALL
 SHEBANG_LANG=	tclsh wish
 tclsh_CMD=	${TCLSH}
 wish_CMD=	${WISH}
 
-EXTRACT_AFTER_ARGS=	--exclude inotify --exclude trim-inotify.tcl \
-			--exclude libpanicTrap1.0.0.so
+EXTRACT_AFTER_ARGS=	--exclude inotify --exclude trim-inotify.tcl
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 NO_BUILD=	yes
 SUB_FILES=	pkg-message
 
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}
 
 PORTDATA=	*
 
+post-patch:
+	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e \
+		'/python3/s,execok python3,execok ${PYTHON_VERSION},' \
+		 ${WRKSRC}/packages/expect/expect.tcl
+
 do-install:
 	cd ${WRKSRC}/Makefiles && ${SETENV} DESTDIR=${STAGEDIR} \
 		prefix=${PREFIX}/share GCONFIG=${PREFIX}/etc \
 		EXEC=${PREFIX}/bin ./INSTALL --verbose
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/x11-fm/filerunner/distinfo b/x11-fm/filerunner/distinfo
index f5923f2b7876..0c5f21c85d2c 100644
--- a/x11-fm/filerunner/distinfo
+++ b/x11-fm/filerunner/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1761595057
-SHA256 (fr-24.07.12.20.tar.gz) = 9ffe6a581681fd9e8834870f8c6ab205534177eed644bbaae13173362fd3240e
-SIZE (fr-24.07.12.20.tar.gz) = 3487526
+TIMESTAMP = 1788931580
+SHA256 (fr-26.09.03.12.tar.gz) = 0b13218f6577dbf52d4b6e6ca4b2be26b07b7c3ae958bb15c99980f158ecaffc
+SIZE (fr-26.09.03.12.tar.gz) = 67846284
diff --git a/x11-fm/filerunner/files/patch-Makefiles_INSTALL b/x11-fm/filerunner/files/patch-Makefiles_INSTALL
index 2eb8433d6bba..b2547eda4e05 100644
--- a/x11-fm/filerunner/files/patch-Makefiles_INSTALL
+++ b/x11-fm/filerunner/files/patch-Makefiles_INSTALL
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
---- Makefiles/INSTALL.orig	2026-02-11 18:23:15 UTC
+--- Makefiles/INSTALL.orig	2026-09-09 08:15:02 UTC
 +++ Makefiles/INSTALL
 @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ set legalmhelp { 
  
  # Check on who we are.  If not root we do different things...
  
 -set username [exec whoami]
 +set username root
  set root [expr { $username == {root} ? 1 : 0}]
   
  #
-@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ if {!$test} {
+@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ if {!$test} {
      set r [catch {exec ln -sf $target $::DESTDIR$EXEC/fr} out]
      set fl {}
    } else {
 -    set r [catch {exec ln -sfr $target $::DESTDIR$EXEC/fr} out]
 +    set r [catch {exec install -l rs $target $::DESTDIR$EXEC/fr} out]
      set fl r
    }
    #set r [catch {file link -symbolic $::DESTDIR$EXEC/fr $target} out]