diff --git a/net/ntpsec/Makefile b/net/ntpsec/Makefile
index 7054858db711..6a9c91c5e07c 100644
--- a/net/ntpsec/Makefile
+++ b/net/ntpsec/Makefile
@@ -1,40 +1,38 @@
 PORTNAME=	ntpsec
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	NTPsec_
-DISTVERSION=	1_2_1-52
-PORTREVISION=	1
-DISTVERSIONSUFFIX=	-g5943108da
+DISTVERSION=	1_2_2a
 CATEGORIES=	net
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Network Time Protocol suite, refactored
 WWW=		https://gitlab.com/NTPsec/ntpsec/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libdns_sd.so:net/mDNSResponder
 
 USES=		cpe bison gettext-runtime pkgconfig python shebangfix ssl waf
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 USE_LDCONFIG=	${PREFIX}/lib/ntp
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	${WRKSRC}/ntpclients/ntp*.py
 python_OLD_CMD=	@PYSHEBANG@
 
 CONFLICTS=	ntp ntp-devel openntpd
 
 MAKE_ENV=	NOSYNC=1 # workaround for the console problem: https://gitlab.com/NTPsec/ntpsec/issues/599
 
 TEST_TARGET=	check
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=			DOCS
 
 DOCS_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	doc
 DOCS_BUILD_DEPENDS=	asciidoctor:textproc/rubygem-asciidoctor # alternatively ntpsec can use asciidoc:textproc/asciidoc but it prefers asciidoctor
 
 PORTSCOUT=	limit:^\d+\. # prevent alpha-numeric strings
 
 post-install: # autoplist: plist varies depending on the python version
 	@cd ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX} && \
 		${FIND} * -type f -or -type l | ${SED} -e 's|^share/man/.*|&.gz|' >> ${TMPPLIST}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net/ntpsec/distinfo b/net/ntpsec/distinfo
index b4833e67be56..99057f1bbe95 100644
--- a/net/ntpsec/distinfo
+++ b/net/ntpsec/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1644550133
-SHA256 (ntpsec-ntpsec-NTPsec_1_2_1-52-g5943108da_GH0.tar.gz) = 4d3bfaff1628ae3cd95ed48cc957e07fd9ec522fa0611873e64aa9970e27b1f6
-SIZE (ntpsec-ntpsec-NTPsec_1_2_1-52-g5943108da_GH0.tar.gz) = 2635476
+TIMESTAMP = 1696971390
+SHA256 (ntpsec-ntpsec-NTPsec_1_2_2a_GH0.tar.gz) = dab7065103ef2434fcad374b9e6f097a396891e6ae292f054c0bac9069c95c46
+SIZE (ntpsec-ntpsec-NTPsec_1_2_2a_GH0.tar.gz) = 2651042
diff --git a/net/ntpsec/files/patch-wscript b/net/ntpsec/files/patch-wscript
deleted file mode 100644
index 01d383a3468d..000000000000
--- a/net/ntpsec/files/patch-wscript
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-- disable tests as part of run
-- tests fail with clang-13. nntpsec upstream claims that this is a bug in clang-13: https://gitlab.com/NTPsec/ntpsec/-/issues/714#note_842530858
-
---- wscript.orig	2022-02-14 21:20:57 UTC
-+++ wscript
-@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@ def build(ctx):
-     ctx.manpage(8, "ntpclients/ntpsnmpd-man.adoc")
- 
-     # Skip running unit tests on a cross compile build
--    if not ctx.env.ENABLE_CROSS:
-+    if False and not ctx.env.ENABLE_CROSS:
-         # Force re-running of tests.  Same as 'waf --alltests'
-         if ctx.cmd == "check":
-             ctx.options.all_tests = True