diff --git a/security/fakeroot/Makefile b/security/fakeroot/Makefile
index 8fe1685435e6..4f820fc0901d 100644
--- a/security/fakeroot/Makefile
+++ b/security/fakeroot/Makefile
@@ -1,29 +1,29 @@
 PORTNAME=	fakeroot
-PORTVERSION=	1.37.1.2
+PORTVERSION=	1.37.2
 CATEGORIES=	security
 MASTER_SITES=	DEBIAN
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}.orig
 
 MAINTAINER=	martymac@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Simulate the root user behaviour
 WWW=		https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/fakeroot
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 
 USES=	libtool
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 GNU_CONFIGURE_MANPREFIX=${PREFIX}/share
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=		--with-ipc=tcp
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
 
 post-install:
 	${MV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/libfakeroot-0.so \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/libfakeroot.so.0
 	${LN} -sf libfakeroot.so.0 \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/libfakeroot-0.so
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/security/fakeroot/distinfo b/security/fakeroot/distinfo
index a938ca8fcddc..2675e9f6da66 100644
--- a/security/fakeroot/distinfo
+++ b/security/fakeroot/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1747131024
-SHA256 (fakeroot_1.37.1.2.orig.tar.gz) = 959496928c8a676ec8377f665ff6a19a707bfad693325f9cc4a4126642f53224
-SIZE (fakeroot_1.37.1.2.orig.tar.gz) = 594008
+TIMESTAMP = 1769460145
+SHA256 (fakeroot_1.37.2.orig.tar.gz) = 0eea60fbe89771b88fcf415c8f2f0a6ccfe9edebbcf3ba5dc0212718d98884db
+SIZE (fakeroot_1.37.2.orig.tar.gz) = 595964
diff --git a/security/fakeroot/files/patch-communicate.c b/security/fakeroot/files/patch-communicate.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 31930a7d080e..000000000000
--- a/security/fakeroot/files/patch-communicate.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- communicate.c.orig	2024-12-20 14:24:24 UTC
-+++ communicate.c
-@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ static void open_comm_sd(void)
-     fail("fcntl(F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)");
- 
-   int val = 1;
--  if (setsockopt(comm_sd, SOL_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, &val, sizeof (val)) < 0)
-+  if (setsockopt(comm_sd, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, &val, sizeof (val)) < 0)
-       fail("setsockopt(TCP_NODELAY)");
- 
-   while (1) {