diff --git a/www/uwebsockets/Makefile b/www/uwebsockets/Makefile
index 2c185b2ff16e..1da8ba4d3b68 100644
--- a/www/uwebsockets/Makefile
+++ b/www/uwebsockets/Makefile
@@ -1,28 +1,28 @@
 PORTNAME=	uwebsockets
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	19.0.0a5
+DISTVERSION=	19.1.0
 CATEGORIES=	www devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	C++ Web I/O library for the most demanding of applications
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 # libdeflate is optionally needed
 RUN_DEPENDS=	libdeflate>0:archivers/libdeflate \
 		usockets>0:net/usockets
 
 USES=		gmake
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	uNetworking
 GH_PROJECT=	uWebSockets
 
 NO_BUILD=	yes
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
-post-install: # https://github.com/uNetworking/uWebSockets/issues/1221
-	${RMDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/include/uWebSockets/f2
+pre-install: # workaround for https://github.com/uNetworking/uWebSockets/issues/1236
+	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/include/uWebSockets
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/www/uwebsockets/distinfo b/www/uwebsockets/distinfo
index 057baa0648f6..1ce3d4328e06 100644
--- a/www/uwebsockets/distinfo
+++ b/www/uwebsockets/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1615491019
-SHA256 (uNetworking-uWebSockets-v19.0.0a5_GH0.tar.gz) = 6f2c7cb32e774123cb70f2842d9f77e4cbc41e6648d2f0c177d7cca09bc98966
-SIZE (uNetworking-uWebSockets-v19.0.0a5_GH0.tar.gz) = 294963
+TIMESTAMP = 1618274064
+SHA256 (uNetworking-uWebSockets-v19.1.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 65afa329b0c768a7443ea2621f3f371bc5ce0e1c3518d59bb11b9a2c7adb65dd
+SIZE (uNetworking-uWebSockets-v19.1.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 296108