diff --git a/multimedia/kew/Makefile b/multimedia/kew/Makefile
index 0cd3dfb20d15..a72ed4e160d0 100644
--- a/multimedia/kew/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/kew/Makefile
@@ -1,37 +1,37 @@
 PORTNAME=	kew
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	2.5.0
+DISTVERSION=	2.5.1
 CATEGORIES=	multimedia
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Command-line music player
 WWW=		https://github.com/ravachol/kew
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BROKEN_i386=	compilation fails with incompatible pointer, see https://github.com/ravachol/kew/issues/118
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libavcodec.so:multimedia/ffmpeg \
 		libchafa.so:graphics/chafa \
 		libfftw3f.so:math/fftw3-float \
 		libfreeimage.so:graphics/freeimage \
 		libopus.so:audio/opus \
 		libopusfile.so:audio/opusfile \
 		libvorbis.so:audio/libvorbis
 
 USES=		gettext-runtime gmake gnome pkgconfig
 USE_GNOME=	glib20
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	ravachol
 
 MAKE_ARGS=	CC=${CC} PREFIX=${PREFIX}
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/kew \
 		share/man/man1/kew.1.gz
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/kew
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/multimedia/kew/distinfo b/multimedia/kew/distinfo
index 904c4ba16cc2..3d3b72745f4b 100644
--- a/multimedia/kew/distinfo
+++ b/multimedia/kew/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1718597031
-SHA256 (ravachol-kew-v2.5.0_GH0.tar.gz) = de3475a9d361d0ffa0f8e7b9d2968d2069addef748ced5be57e4bd084e9b07ff
-SIZE (ravachol-kew-v2.5.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 994440
+TIMESTAMP = 1720051738
+SHA256 (ravachol-kew-v2.5.1_GH0.tar.gz) = dd5d67c6f216e55c54e3a3b258d3892e83494eca4ec35e1675710745524d1a81
+SIZE (ravachol-kew-v2.5.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 994661
diff --git a/multimedia/kew/files/patch-src_file.c b/multimedia/kew/files/patch-src_file.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e4f83ed70cdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/multimedia/kew/files/patch-src_file.c
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+--- src/file.c.orig	2024-07-04 00:23:14 UTC
++++ src/file.c
+@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ int walker(const char *startPath, const char *searchin
+                 }
+ 
+                 char entryPath[MAXPATHLEN];
+-                char *currentDir = get_current_dir_name();
++		char buf[PATH_MAX];
++                char *currentDir = getcwd(buf, PATH_MAX);
+                 snprintf(entryPath, sizeof(entryPath), "%s/%s", currentDir, dir->d_name);
+                 free(currentDir);
+ 
+@@ -141,7 +142,8 @@ int walker(const char *startPath, const char *searchin
+                         if (((exactSearch && (strcasecmp(dir->d_name, searching) == 0)) || (!exactSearch && c_strcasestr(dir->d_name, searching) != NULL)) &&
+                             (searchType != FileOnly) && (searchType != SearchPlayList))
+                         {
+-                                char *curDir = get_current_dir_name();
++				char buf[PATH_MAX];
++                                char *curDir = getcwd(buf, PATH_MAX);
+                                 snprintf(result, MAXPATHLEN, "%s/%s", curDir, dir->d_name);
+                                 free(curDir);
+                                 copyresult = true;
+@@ -187,7 +189,8 @@ int walker(const char *startPath, const char *searchin
+ 
+                         if ((exactSearch && (strcasecmp(dir->d_name, searching) == 0)) || (!exactSearch && c_strcasestr(dir->d_name, searching) != NULL))
+                         {
+-                                char *curDir = get_current_dir_name();
++				char buf[PATH_MAX];
++                                char *curDir = getcwd(buf, PATH_MAX);
+                                 snprintf(result, MAXPATHLEN, "%s/%s", curDir, dir->d_name);
+                                 copyresult = true;
+                                 free(curDir);