diff --git a/multimedia/libass/Makefile b/multimedia/libass/Makefile
index d31fc8d91404..e2b4dbe6de13 100644
--- a/multimedia/libass/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/libass/Makefile
@@ -1,42 +1,45 @@
 PORTNAME=	libass
-DISTVERSION=	0.17.4
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	0.17.5
 CATEGORIES=	multimedia devel
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/releases/download/${DISTVERSION}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	multimedia@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Portable ASS/SSA subtitle renderer
 WWW=		https://github.com/libass/libass
 
 LICENSE=	ISCL
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libfreetype.so:print/freetype2 \
 		libharfbuzz.so:print/harfbuzz \
 		libfribidi.so:converters/fribidi \
 		libfontconfig.so:x11-fonts/fontconfig
 
 USES=		compiler:c11 cpe iconv libtool pathfix pkgconfig tar:xz
 CPE_VENDOR=	libass_project
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
+
+LDFLAGS_i386=	-Wl,-znotext
+
+CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--disable-static
+
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 TEST_TARGET=	check
-LDFLAGS_i386=	-Wl,-znotext
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		UNIBREAK
 OPTIONS_DEFINE_amd64=	ASM
 OPTIONS_DEFINE_i386=	ASM
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	UNIBREAK
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT_amd64=	ASM
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT_i386=	ASM
 
 ASM_BUILD_DEPENDS=	nasm:devel/nasm
 ASM_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	asm
 
 UNIBREAK_DESC=			Unicode Line Breaking Algorithm support
 UNIBREAK_LIB_DEPENDS=		libunibreak.so:textproc/libunibreak
 UNIBREAK_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	libunibreak
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/multimedia/libass/distinfo b/multimedia/libass/distinfo
index ef166827f00a..fefa156450fe 100644
--- a/multimedia/libass/distinfo
+++ b/multimedia/libass/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1754379804
-SHA256 (libass-0.17.4.tar.xz) = 78f1179b838d025e9c26e8fef33f8092f65611444ffa1bfc0cfac6a33511a05a
-SIZE (libass-0.17.4.tar.xz) = 452648
+TIMESTAMP = 1782344636
+SHA256 (libass-0.17.5.tar.xz) = 2dca25c0e0c837ddf00b52011b3f82cac1e4ddd3ad018227806b0c2288864acc
+SIZE (libass-0.17.5.tar.xz) = 460148
diff --git a/multimedia/libass/pkg-plist b/multimedia/libass/pkg-plist
index ff561a79376c..387d3593c98f 100644
--- a/multimedia/libass/pkg-plist
+++ b/multimedia/libass/pkg-plist
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 include/ass/ass.h
 include/ass/ass_types.h
-lib/libass.a
 lib/libass.so
 lib/libass.so.9
-lib/libass.so.9.4.1
+lib/libass.so.9.4.2
 libdata/pkgconfig/libass.pc