diff --git a/editors/novelwriter/Makefile b/editors/novelwriter/Makefile
index 1f22e9741b7f..a62e1c2b2be5 100644
--- a/editors/novelwriter/Makefile
+++ b/editors/novelwriter/Makefile
@@ -1,30 +1,30 @@
 PORTNAME=	novelwriter
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	2.3.1
+DISTVERSION=	2.4
 CATEGORIES=	editors python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Text editor designed for writing novels
 WWW=		https://novelwriter.io/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 
 PY_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}lxml>0:devel/py-lxml@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}enchant>=3.0.0:textproc/py-enchant@${PY_FLAVOR}
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
 		${PY_DEPENDS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PY_DEPENDS}
 
 USES=		python pyqt:5
 USE_PYQT=	pyqt5
 USE_PYTHON=	pep517 concurrent autoplist
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	vkbo
 GH_PROJECT=	novelWriter
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/editors/novelwriter/distinfo b/editors/novelwriter/distinfo
index 0b2823cf5af8..2c7b8d855ede 100644
--- a/editors/novelwriter/distinfo
+++ b/editors/novelwriter/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1710990884
-SHA256 (vkbo-novelWriter-v2.3.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 33b62372bdeebf41b37342dfd65c079f7732b3e100fa6638d605cf6e255246fd
-SIZE (vkbo-novelWriter-v2.3.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 4968953
+TIMESTAMP = 1713672842
+SHA256 (vkbo-novelWriter-v2.4_GH0.tar.gz) = cf8afc0c7a81e7e63981791b702d8ad6e92af7ecc33cc4f6932fbdf3f0a24656
+SIZE (vkbo-novelWriter-v2.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 5061863
diff --git a/editors/novelwriter/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/editors/novelwriter/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..10d0dac42b93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editors/novelwriter/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2024-04-21 04:21:03 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+ 
+ [project]
+-name = "novelWriter"
++name = "novelwriter"
+ authors = [
+     {name = "Veronica Berglyd Olsen", email = "code@vkbo.net"},
+ ]
diff --git a/editors/novelwriter/files/patch-setup.cfg b/editors/novelwriter/files/patch-setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d12f7032bc9..000000000000
--- a/editors/novelwriter/files/patch-setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
---- setup.cfg.orig	2023-11-05 22:12:21 UTC
-+++ setup.cfg
-@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
- [metadata]
--name = novelWriter
-+name = novelwriter
- version = attr: novelwriter.__version__
- author = Veronica Berglyd Olsen
- author_email = code@vkbo.net