diff --git a/net/mpifx/Makefile b/net/mpifx/Makefile
index d3050d19327b..ec23b6ee9713 100644
--- a/net/mpifx/Makefile
+++ b/net/mpifx/Makefile
@@ -1,36 +1,37 @@
 PORTNAME=	mpifx
-DISTVERSION=	1.4
+DISTVERSION=	1.4-8
+DISTVERSIONSUFFIX=	-gab77b43
 CATEGORIES=	net devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Modern Fortran wrappers around MPI routines
 WWW=		https://github.com/dftbplus/mpifx
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	fypp:devel/py-fypp@${PY_FLAVOR}
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libmpi.so:net/mpich
 
 USES=		cmake:testing fortran python:build
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	dftbplus
 
 CMAKE_ON=	BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
 
 post-test: # run test programs # at least one test crashes, see https://github.com/dftbplus/mpifx/issues/35
 .for f in test_allgather test_allgatherv test_allreduce test_bcast test_comm_split test_gather test_gatherv test_reduce test_scatter test_scatterv
 	cd ${BUILD_WRKSRC}/test && ./${f}
 .endfor
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 .if ${GCC_DEFAULT} >= 10
 # workaround for Type mismatch in argument 'cc' at (1); passed COMPLEX(8) to REAL(8)
 FFLAGS+=	-fallow-argument-mismatch
 .endif
 
 # tests fail to run: https://github.com/dftbplus/mpifx/issues/49
 
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/net/mpifx/distinfo b/net/mpifx/distinfo
index 9de3e75f13d5..688b03b3d7d7 100644
--- a/net/mpifx/distinfo
+++ b/net/mpifx/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1689127857
-SHA256 (dftbplus-mpifx-1.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 63fd09680fabd18b5a2486fb2bf3c96b13ae73466ebb297ba7c594c97f69bcf9
-SIZE (dftbplus-mpifx-1.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 61749
+TIMESTAMP = 1701800319
+SHA256 (dftbplus-mpifx-1.4-8-gab77b43_GH0.tar.gz) = d4415dbcd96bb3551ef4b0fb22da3abc80bc8214c28a023e62726d8b70724bc7
+SIZE (dftbplus-mpifx-1.4-8-gab77b43_GH0.tar.gz) = 62042