diff --git a/comms/klog/Makefile b/comms/klog/Makefile
index 05225d3f1ff4..98d2221ea7ef 100644
--- a/comms/klog/Makefile
+++ b/comms/klog/Makefile
@@ -1,39 +1,22 @@
 PORTNAME=	klog
-PORTVERSION=	2.5.2
-#PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	2.5.3
 CATEGORIES=	comms hamradio
 
 MAINTAINER=	hamradio@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Simple Qt-based amateur radio logger
 WWW=		https://github.com/ea4k/klog/wiki
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libhamlib.so:comms/hamlib
+
 USES=		compiler:c++17-lang gl cmake qt:6 xorg
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 USE_GL=		opengl
 USE_QT=		base declarative charts location positioning serialport \
 		sqldriver-sqlite:run tools:build
 GH_ACCOUNT=	ea4k
 GH_PROJECT=	klog
 
-# https://github.com/ea4k/klog/issues/419
-DESKTOP_ENTRIES="KLog" "Simple Amateur Radio Logging Program" \
-		"" "klog" "Network;HamRadio;" \
-		false
-
-post-patch:
-	@${REINPLACE_CMD} \
-		's|"\/usr\/share\/klog\/translations\/klog_"|"${DATADIR}/translations/klog_"|' \
-		${WRKSRC}/src/main.cpp
-
-#do-install:
-#	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/src/build/target/klog ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
-#	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}/translations
-#	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/src/build/target/translations/klog_*.qm \
-#		${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}/translations
-#	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/src/klog.1 ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/man/man1
-
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/comms/klog/distinfo b/comms/klog/distinfo
index dec0bb9e1c16..a5e5556f56c1 100644
--- a/comms/klog/distinfo
+++ b/comms/klog/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1779699170
-SHA256 (ea4k-klog-2.5.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 6648ddff9d068dcc3c66c34fad166c4fb1698c28f6b6db1351f28e2aab13c8c5
-SIZE (ea4k-klog-2.5.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 4676417
+TIMESTAMP = 1785692664
+SHA256 (ea4k-klog-2.5.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 619521fbf837843fffc14625b626ab71aeab3445ae0abbd8d54b836218b346b1
+SIZE (ea4k-klog-2.5.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 4680367
diff --git a/comms/klog/pkg-plist b/comms/klog/pkg-plist
index f48794ba0f63..ec7ec07b0da5 100644
--- a/comms/klog/pkg-plist
+++ b/comms/klog/pkg-plist
@@ -1,29 +1,29 @@
 bin/klog
-share/applications/klog.desktop
 %%DOCSDIR%%/AUTHORS
 %%DOCSDIR%%/Changelog
 %%DOCSDIR%%/NEWS
 %%DOCSDIR%%/README
 %%DOCSDIR%%/README-DEVEL
 %%DOCSDIR%%/TODO
 %%DOCSDIR%%/TROUBLESHOOTING
+share/applications/klog.desktop
 share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/klog.svg
 %%DATADIR%%/translations/klog_ca.qm
 %%DATADIR%%/translations/klog_cs.qm
 %%DATADIR%%/translations/klog_da.qm
 %%DATADIR%%/translations/klog_de.qm
 %%DATADIR%%/translations/klog_en.qm
 %%DATADIR%%/translations/klog_es.qm
 %%DATADIR%%/translations/klog_fi.qm
 %%DATADIR%%/translations/klog_fr.qm
 %%DATADIR%%/translations/klog_hr.qm
 %%DATADIR%%/translations/klog_it.qm
 %%DATADIR%%/translations/klog_ja.qm
 %%DATADIR%%/translations/klog_lv.qm
 %%DATADIR%%/translations/klog_nl.qm
 %%DATADIR%%/translations/klog_pl.qm
 %%DATADIR%%/translations/klog_ru.qm
 %%DATADIR%%/translations/klog_uk.qm
 share/man/man1/klog.1.gz
 share/metainfo/klog.metainfo.xml
 share/pixmaps/klog.png