diff --git a/devel/json-fortran/Makefile b/devel/json-fortran/Makefile
index 7bd44c111cfa..10e9584a0c42 100644
--- a/devel/json-fortran/Makefile
+++ b/devel/json-fortran/Makefile
@@ -1,24 +1,23 @@
 PORTNAME=	json-fortran
-DISTVERSION=	8.3.0-8
-DISTVERSIONSUFFIX=	-gd296de8a4
+DISTVERSION=	8.4.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Modern Fortran JSON API
 WWW=		https://github.com/jacobwilliams/json-fortran/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BROKEN_aarch64=	compilation fails: Cannot find an intrinsic module named 'ieee_arithmetic'
 
 USES=		cmake:testing fortran
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	jacobwilliams
 
 CMAKE_ON=	USE_GNU_INSTALL_CONVENTION
 
 # all tests fail, see https://github.com/jacobwilliams/json-fortran/issues/539
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/json-fortran/distinfo b/devel/json-fortran/distinfo
index e221c42d33e2..b73f2e22ce17 100644
--- a/devel/json-fortran/distinfo
+++ b/devel/json-fortran/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1691458462
-SHA256 (jacobwilliams-json-fortran-8.3.0-8-gd296de8a4_GH0.tar.gz) = 0fdd3031394ae476a18352a60329227df586f50fa081c24db0e70df83b8561a2
-SIZE (jacobwilliams-json-fortran-8.3.0-8-gd296de8a4_GH0.tar.gz) = 1806162
+TIMESTAMP = 1709785298
+SHA256 (jacobwilliams-json-fortran-8.4.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 71924c3bdd04ea37ddceb13c1b9e1e4a8f944b1ffab6285e5c5b1283cced2da8
+SIZE (jacobwilliams-json-fortran-8.4.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 1806622
diff --git a/devel/json-fortran/pkg-plist b/devel/json-fortran/pkg-plist
index 54020b516877..8596df50a0a7 100644
--- a/devel/json-fortran/pkg-plist
+++ b/devel/json-fortran/pkg-plist
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 include/json_file_module.mod
 include/json_kinds.mod
 include/json_module.mod
 include/json_parameters.mod
 include/json_string_utilities.mod
 include/json_value_module.mod
-lib/cmake/jsonfortran-gnu-8.3.0/jsonfortran-gnu-config-version.cmake
-lib/cmake/jsonfortran-gnu-8.3.0/jsonfortran-gnu-config.cmake
-lib/cmake/jsonfortran-gnu-8.3.0/jsonfortran-gnu-targets-%%CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE%%.cmake
-lib/cmake/jsonfortran-gnu-8.3.0/jsonfortran-gnu-targets.cmake
+lib/cmake/jsonfortran-gnu-8.4.0/jsonfortran-gnu-config-version.cmake
+lib/cmake/jsonfortran-gnu-8.4.0/jsonfortran-gnu-config.cmake
+lib/cmake/jsonfortran-gnu-8.4.0/jsonfortran-gnu-targets-%%CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE%%.cmake
+lib/cmake/jsonfortran-gnu-8.4.0/jsonfortran-gnu-targets.cmake
 lib/libjsonfortran.a
 lib/libjsonfortran.so
-lib/libjsonfortran.so.8.3
-lib/libjsonfortran.so.8.3.0
+lib/libjsonfortran.so.8.4
+lib/libjsonfortran.so.8.4.0
 libdata/pkgconfig/json-fortran.pc