diff --git a/textproc/md4c/Makefile b/textproc/md4c/Makefile
index 4d84bae14251..856288be745b 100644
--- a/textproc/md4c/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/md4c/Makefile
@@ -1,19 +1,21 @@
 PORTNAME=	md4c
-DISTVERSION=	0.5.2.20240225
+DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	release-
+DISTVERSION=	0.5.3
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 
-MAINTAINER=	rosenke@dssgmbh.de
+MAINTAINER=	fsbruva@yahoo.com
 COMMENT=	Markdown Parser written in C
 WWW=		https://github.com/mity/md4c/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.md
 
 USES=		cmake cpe
 CPE_VENDOR=	${PORTNAME}_project
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	mity
-GH_TAGNAME=	481fbfb
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
+PLIST_SUB=	SOVER=${DISTVERSION}
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/md4c/distinfo b/textproc/md4c/distinfo
index 209ab063124a..02f21c54b359 100644
--- a/textproc/md4c/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/md4c/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1763606060
-SHA256 (mity-md4c-0.5.2.20240225-481fbfb_GH0.tar.gz) = 04e03a69a2783ab5f2449f8864499dabb150092d5f48415a5e423f762a209d54
-SIZE (mity-md4c-0.5.2.20240225-481fbfb_GH0.tar.gz) = 238753
+TIMESTAMP = 1777425318
+SHA256 (mity-md4c-release-0.5.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 353c346f376b87c954a13f3415ede2d51264cc61dc5abcd38ff1d2aa0d059b9e
+SIZE (mity-md4c-release-0.5.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 244633
diff --git a/textproc/md4c/pkg-plist b/textproc/md4c/pkg-plist
index df1a52e6f058..8a50fddecc10 100644
--- a/textproc/md4c/pkg-plist
+++ b/textproc/md4c/pkg-plist
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 bin/md2html
 include/md4c-html.h
 include/md4c.h
 lib/cmake/md4c/md4cConfig-%%CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE%%.cmake
 lib/cmake/md4c/md4cConfig.cmake
 lib/libmd4c-html.so
 lib/libmd4c-html.so.0
-lib/libmd4c-html.so.0.5.2
+lib/libmd4c-html.so.%%SOVER%%
 lib/libmd4c.so
 lib/libmd4c.so.0
-lib/libmd4c.so.0.5.2
+lib/libmd4c.so.%%SOVER%%
 libdata/pkgconfig/md4c-html.pc
 libdata/pkgconfig/md4c.pc
 share/man/man1/md2html.1.gz