diff --git a/converters/fribidi/Makefile b/converters/fribidi/Makefile
index 4939db43efb5..847c682e5be2 100644
--- a/converters/fribidi/Makefile
+++ b/converters/fribidi/Makefile
@@ -1,37 +1,35 @@
 PORTNAME=	fribidi
-DISTVERSION=	1.0.15
+DISTVERSION=	1.0.16
 CATEGORIES=	converters
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/releases/download/v${DISTVERSION}/
 
-PATCH_SITES=	https://github.com/fribidi/fribidi/commit/
-PATCHFILES=	3826589ea556da613bd42742a169789469e8b635.patch:-p1
-
 MAINTAINER=	desktop@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Free Implementation of the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm
 WWW=		https://fribidi.org/
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL21
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 USES=		cpe meson python:test shebangfix tar:xz
 CPE_VENDOR=	gnu
-SHEBANG_FILES=	test/test-runner.py
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
+SHEBANG_FILES=	test/test-runner.py
+
 TEST_TARGET=	test
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	OPTIMIZED_CFLAGS TEST
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=OPTIMIZED_CFLAGS
 
 OPTIMIZED_CFLAGS_CFLAGS=	-O3
 
 TEST_MESON_TRUE=tests
 
 post-patch:
 	@${SED} -e 's|%%LOCALBASE%%|${LOCALBASE}|g' < \
 		${FILESDIR}/fribidi-config > ${WRKDIR}/fribidi-config
 
 post-install:
 	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKDIR}/fribidi-config ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/converters/fribidi/distinfo b/converters/fribidi/distinfo
index eac3ef59de11..31b5286882d1 100644
--- a/converters/fribidi/distinfo
+++ b/converters/fribidi/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1717843043
-SHA256 (fribidi-1.0.15.tar.xz) = 0bbc7ff633bfa208ae32d7e369cf5a7d20d5d2557a0b067c9aa98bcbf9967587
-SIZE (fribidi-1.0.15.tar.xz) = 1166860
-SHA256 (3826589ea556da613bd42742a169789469e8b635.patch) = 143920628979078c315e01ee3719a0e2da111dcfa51589c970c06b02b41aaf1d
-SIZE (3826589ea556da613bd42742a169789469e8b635.patch) = 809
+TIMESTAMP = 1729366149
+SHA256 (fribidi-1.0.16.tar.xz) = 1b1cde5b235d40479e91be2f0e88a309e3214c8ab470ec8a2744d82a5a9ea05c
+SIZE (fribidi-1.0.16.tar.xz) = 1098260