diff --git a/audio/exaile/Makefile b/audio/exaile/Makefile
index c6a08dd32335..0d93e20e38fe 100644
--- a/audio/exaile/Makefile
+++ b/audio/exaile/Makefile
@@ -1,41 +1,40 @@
 PORTNAME=	exaile
-DISTVERSION=	4.2.1
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	4.2.2-beta1
 CATEGORIES=	audio
 
 MAINTAINER=	rm@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Full featured python-based music player for GTK
 WWW=		https://exaile.org/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 # berkeleydb now only needed for upgrade from previous versions; remove in next update
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}berkeleydb>0:databases/py-berkeleydb@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sqlite3>0:databases/py-sqlite3@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}dbus>0:devel/py-dbus@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}gstreamer1>0:multimedia/py-gstreamer1@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}mutagen>0:audio/py-mutagen@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		desktop-file-utils gmake gnome gstreamer python
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 USE_GNOME=	gtk30 librsvg2 pygobject3
 USE_GSTREAMER=	faad good
 
 MAKE_ENV=	EPREFIX=${PREFIX} \
 		PYTHON3_CMD=${PYTHON_CMD} \
 		XDGCONFDIR=${PREFIX}/etc/xdg
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS NLS UDISKS2
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 
 UDISKS2_DESC=	UDISKS2 implementation for hardware detection
 
 NLS_BUILD_DEPENDS=	help2man:misc/help2man
 NLS_USES=		gettext
 NLS_INSTALL_TARGET_OFF=	install_no_locale
 UDISKS2_RUN_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}bin/bsdisks:sysutils/bsdisks
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/audio/exaile/distinfo b/audio/exaile/distinfo
index dfa1df76fd3f..00a733aa5c06 100644
--- a/audio/exaile/distinfo
+++ b/audio/exaile/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1768295016
-SHA256 (exaile-exaile-4.2.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 3d9d6f8727e9a496cad881a404f85bc576396d0e094437a6b379d83fbc096a4f
-SIZE (exaile-exaile-4.2.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 3904348
+TIMESTAMP = 1774432830
+SHA256 (exaile-exaile-4.2.2-beta1_GH0.tar.gz) = 0434ddef1c50525952261c66ee9ad246ae44757762cabeec52e470213660bac6
+SIZE (exaile-exaile-4.2.2-beta1_GH0.tar.gz) = 3910685
diff --git a/audio/exaile/files/patch-xl_player_gst_sink.py b/audio/exaile/files/patch-xl_player_gst_sink.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a987594b73d2..000000000000
--- a/audio/exaile/files/patch-xl_player_gst_sink.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-https://github.com/exaile/exaile/issues/999
-
---- xl/player/gst/sink.py.orig	2025-12-08 18:00:20 UTC
-+++ xl/player/gst/sink.py
-@@ -83,7 +83,10 @@ def __filter_presets():
- def __filter_presets():
-     for name, preset in list(SINK_PRESETS.items()):
-         pipe = preset.get('pipe')
--        if pipe and not Gst.ElementFactory.make(pipe):
-+        try:
-+            if pipe and not Gst.ElementFactory.make(pipe):
-+                del SINK_PRESETS[name]
-+        except Exception:
-             del SINK_PRESETS[name]
- 
-