diff --git a/devel/libedit/Makefile b/devel/libedit/Makefile
index 494a3e9a1ea5..52cb76d1d142 100644
--- a/devel/libedit/Makefile
+++ b/devel/libedit/Makefile
@@ -1,29 +1,26 @@
 PORTNAME=	libedit
-PORTVERSION=	${EDITVERSION}.${EDITDATE}
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	3.1-20240517
 PORTEPOCH=	1
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	https://thrysoee.dk/editline/
-DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-${EDITDATE}-${EDITVERSION}
+DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION:E}-${PORTVERSION:R}
 
 MAINTAINER=	bapt@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Command line editor library
 WWW=		https://thrysoee.dk/editline/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
+LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 USES=		cpe libtool localbase ncurses pathfix
-EDITVERSION=	3.1
-EDITDATE=	20230828
-GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
-GNU_CONFIGURE_MANPREFIX=${PREFIX}/share
-USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
-INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 CPE_VENDOR=	libedit_project
+USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
-CONFLICTS_INSTALL=	editline
+GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
+
+INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 
 post-install:
 	${MV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/man/man3/history.3 ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/man/man3/el_history.3
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/libedit/distinfo b/devel/libedit/distinfo
index 203e1a77192f..3f614652ee9a 100644
--- a/devel/libedit/distinfo
+++ b/devel/libedit/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1695662020
-SHA256 (libedit-20230828-3.1.tar.gz) = 4ee8182b6e569290e7d1f44f0f78dac8716b35f656b76528f699c69c98814dad
-SIZE (libedit-20230828-3.1.tar.gz) = 534072
+TIMESTAMP = 1716098136
+SHA256 (libedit-20240517-3.1.tar.gz) = 3a489097bb4115495f3bd85ae782852b7097c556d9500088d74b6fa38dbd12ff
+SIZE (libedit-20240517-3.1.tar.gz) = 534690
diff --git a/devel/libedit/pkg-plist b/devel/libedit/pkg-plist
index 1f406783dd6d..70e85e464dde 100644
--- a/devel/libedit/pkg-plist
+++ b/devel/libedit/pkg-plist
@@ -1,50 +1,50 @@
 include/editline/readline.h
 include/histedit.h
 lib/libedit.a
 lib/libedit.so
 lib/libedit.so.0
-lib/libedit.so.0.0.72
+lib/libedit.so.0.0.73
 libdata/pkgconfig/libedit.pc
 share/man/man3/editline.3.gz
 share/man/man3/el_deletestr.3.gz
 share/man/man3/el_end.3.gz
 share/man/man3/el_get.3.gz
 share/man/man3/el_getc.3.gz
 share/man/man3/el_gets.3.gz
 share/man/man3/el_init.3.gz
 share/man/man3/el_init_fd.3.gz
 share/man/man3/el_insertstr.3.gz
 share/man/man3/el_line.3.gz
 share/man/man3/el_parse.3.gz
 share/man/man3/el_push.3.gz
 share/man/man3/el_reset.3.gz
 share/man/man3/el_resize.3.gz
 share/man/man3/el_set.3.gz
 share/man/man3/el_source.3.gz
 share/man/man3/el_wdeletestr.3.gz
 share/man/man3/el_wget.3.gz
 share/man/man3/el_wgetc.3.gz
 share/man/man3/el_wgets.3.gz
 share/man/man3/el_winsertstr.3.gz
 share/man/man3/el_wline.3.gz
 share/man/man3/el_wparse.3.gz
 share/man/man3/el_wpush.3.gz
 share/man/man3/el_wset.3.gz
 share/man/man3/el_history.3.gz
 share/man/man3/history_end.3.gz
 share/man/man3/history_init.3.gz
 share/man/man3/history_w.3.gz
 share/man/man3/history_wend.3.gz
 share/man/man3/history_winit.3.gz
 share/man/man3/tok_end.3.gz
 share/man/man3/tok_init.3.gz
 share/man/man3/tok_line.3.gz
 share/man/man3/tok_reset.3.gz
 share/man/man3/tok_str.3.gz
 share/man/man3/tok_wend.3.gz
 share/man/man3/tok_winit.3.gz
 share/man/man3/tok_wline.3.gz
 share/man/man3/tok_wreset.3.gz
 share/man/man3/tok_wstr.3.gz
 share/man/man5/editrc.5.gz
 share/man/man7/editline.7.gz