diff --git a/textproc/libxml++/Makefile b/textproc/libxml++/Makefile
index 97d47e31ab36..664c3ffcef3f 100644
--- a/textproc/libxml++/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/libxml++/Makefile
@@ -1,20 +1,26 @@
 PORTNAME=	libxml++
-PORTVERSION=	5.0.3
+DISTVERSION=	5.2.0
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
-MASTER_SITES=	GNOME
-PKGNAMESUFFIX=	${PORTVERSION:R:S/.//}
+MASTER_SITES=	GNOME \
+		https://github.com/libxmlplusplus/libxmlplusplus/releases/download/${DISTVERSION}/
+PKGNAMESUFFIX=	50
 
 MAINTAINER=	jcfyecrayz@liamekaens.com
 COMMENT=	XML API for C++
 WWW=		https://github.com/libxmlplusplus/libxmlplusplus
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL21+
+LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
-USES=		gnome libtool meson pkgconfig python:build tar:xz
+USES=		compiler:c++17-lang gnome meson pkgconfig tar:xz
 USE_GNOME=	libxml2
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
-MESON_ARGS=	-Ddefault_library=both
 
-PLIST_SUB=	VERSION=${PORTVERSION:R} API_VERSION=${PORTVERSION:R}
+PLIST_SUB=	VERSION=5.0 \
+		API_VERSION=5.0
+
+MESON_ARGS=	-Ddefault_library=both \
+		-Dbuild-examples=false \
+		-Dbuild-manual=false
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/libxml++/distinfo b/textproc/libxml++/distinfo
index 284b262a228a..211d5c40feab 100644
--- a/textproc/libxml++/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/libxml++/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1694693083
-SHA256 (libxml++-5.0.3.tar.xz) = 13074f59e3288a378cafe9e6847df17f764c23fa29bc94f3305b8bf81efb2cf7
-SIZE (libxml++-5.0.3.tar.xz) = 843720
+TIMESTAMP = 1718435884
+SHA256 (libxml++-5.2.0.tar.xz) = e41b8eae55210511585ae638615f00db7f982c0edea94699865f582daf03b44f
+SIZE (libxml++-5.2.0.tar.xz) = 899356
diff --git a/textproc/libxml++/files/patch-meson.build b/textproc/libxml++/files/patch-meson.build
index 2c644f68fc43..d7d09167e712 100644
--- a/textproc/libxml++/files/patch-meson.build
+++ b/textproc/libxml++/files/patch-meson.build
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
---- meson.build.orig	2023-03-22 12:19:05 UTC
+--- meson.build.orig	2024-01-11 13:10:47 UTC
 +++ meson.build
-@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ configure_file(
+@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ install_datadir = get_option('datadir')
+ install_includedir = get_option('includedir')
+ install_libdir = get_option('libdir')
+ install_datadir = get_option('datadir')
+-install_pkgconfigdir = install_libdir / 'pkgconfig'
++install_pkgconfigdir = join_paths('libdata', 'pkgconfig')
+ 
+ # Dependencies.
+ # xmlxx_build_dep: Dependencies when building the libxml++ library.
+@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ xmlxxconfig_h_meson = files('libxml++config.h.meson')
  )
  
  xmlxxconfig_h_meson = files('libxml++config.h.meson')
 -install_includeconfigdir = install_libdir / xmlxx_pcname / 'include'
 +install_includeconfigdir = install_includedir / xmlxx_pcname / 'include'
  configure_file(
    input: xmlxxconfig_h_meson,
    output: 'libxml++config.h',