diff --git a/security/yara/Makefile b/security/yara/Makefile
index 2aead05230cc..d8ba6b92e68d 100644
--- a/security/yara/Makefile
+++ b/security/yara/Makefile
@@ -1,29 +1,28 @@
 PORTNAME=	yara
-DISTVERSION=	4.5.0
+DISTVERSION=	4.5.5
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 CATEGORIES=	security
 
 MAINTAINER=	antoine@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Malware identification and classification tool
 WWW=		https://virustotal.github.io/yara/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libjansson.so:devel/jansson
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	VirusTotal
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
-GNU_CONFIGURE_MANPREFIX=${PREFIX}/share
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--enable-cuckoo --enable-dex --enable-dotnet --enable-macho --enable-magic
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 TEST_TARGET=	check
 USES=		autoreconf cpe libtool localbase pathfix pkgconfig ssl
 CPE_VENDOR=	virustotal
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 CPPFLAGS+=	-isystem ${OPENSSLINC}
 LIBS+=		-L${OPENSSLLIB}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/security/yara/distinfo b/security/yara/distinfo
index ac3622230aba..efb3377da9eb 100644
--- a/security/yara/distinfo
+++ b/security/yara/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1709217861
-SHA256 (VirusTotal-yara-v4.5.0_GH0.tar.gz) = f6db34bd102703bf56cc2878ddfb249c3fb2e09c9194d3adb78c3ab79282c827
-SIZE (VirusTotal-yara-v4.5.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 2206492
+TIMESTAMP = 1779268738
+SHA256 (VirusTotal-yara-v4.5.5_GH0.tar.gz) = d38e30fd9c1e1c7921d1c4568262d94f5c2d6b5da139fe49572a43ffbc5c53f6
+SIZE (VirusTotal-yara-v4.5.5_GH0.tar.gz) = 2202497
diff --git a/security/yara/files/patch-tests_test-rules.c b/security/yara/files/patch-tests_test-rules.c
deleted file mode 100644
index b9f675bdc1ba..000000000000
--- a/security/yara/files/patch-tests_test-rules.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
---- tests/test-rules.c.orig	2024-02-29 14:52:24 UTC
-+++ tests/test-rules.c
-@@ -3548,7 +3548,7 @@ void test_process_scan()
-   assert(rc == ERROR_SUCCESS);
- 
-   assert(waitpid(pid, &status, 0) >= 0);
--  assert(status == SIGALRM);
-+  //assert(status == SIGALRM);
- 
-   assert(counters.rules_matching == 1);
- 
-@@ -3569,7 +3569,7 @@ void test_process_scan()
-   assert(rc == ERROR_SUCCESS);
- 
-   assert(waitpid(pid, &status, 0) >= 0);
--  assert(status == SIGALRM);
-+  //assert(status == SIGALRM);
- 
-   assert(counters.rules_matching == 1);
-