diff --git a/net-im/toxic/Makefile b/net-im/toxic/Makefile
index f058237a2b43..060579e78541 100644
--- a/net-im/toxic/Makefile
+++ b/net-im/toxic/Makefile
@@ -1,64 +1,65 @@
 PORTNAME=	toxic
-PORTVERSION=	0.16.0
+PORTVERSION=	0.16.1
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 CATEGORIES=	net-im
 
 MAINTAINER=	thierry@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Console client for Tox
 WWW=		https://tox.chat/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/lib/libtoxcore.a:net-im/tox	\
 		${LOCALBASE}/include/linux/videodev2.h:multimedia/v4l_compat
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libvpx.so:multimedia/libvpx		\
 		libpng.so:graphics/png			\
 		libcurl.so:ftp/curl			\
 		libv4l2.so:multimedia/libv4l		\
 		libqrencode.so:graphics/libqrencode	\
 		libconfig.so:devel/libconfig
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/lib/libtoxcore.a:net-im/tox
 
 USES=		compiler:c11 desktop-file-utils gettext-runtime gmake ncurses	\
 		openal:al,alut pkgconfig
+MAKE_ARGS=	ENABLE_RELEASE=1
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	JFreegman
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	GAMES X11 PYTHON
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=GAMES X11
 
 GAMES_DESC=	Includes a games module
 GAMES_MAKE_ARGS_OFF=	DISABLE_GAMES=1
 
 X11_USES=	gnome xorg
 X11_USE=	GNOME=gdkpixbuf2,glib20 XORG=x11
 X11_MAKE_ARGS_OFF=	DISABLE_X11=1 DISABLE_DESKTOP_NOTIFY=1
 X11_LIB_DEPENDS=libnotify.so:devel/libnotify
 
 PYTHON_USES=	python
 PYTHON_MAKE_ARGS=	ENABLE_PYTHON=1
 
 CFLAGS+=	-I${NCURSESINC} -pthread
 LDFLAGS+=	-L${NCURSESLIB}
 LDFLAGS_i386=	-Wl,-znotext
 MAKE_ENV=	USER_CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" USER_LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"	\
 		MANDIR="${PREFIX}/share/man"
 SUB_FILES=	pkg-message
 
 pre-configure-PYTHON-on:
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/PYTHON3_LIBS/ s|python3|python-${PYTHON_VER}|'	\
 			 -e 's|python3-config|${PYTHON_VERSION}-config|g'	\
 			 -e 's|--ldflags|--ldflags --embed|'			\
 		${WRKSRC}/cfg/checks/python.mk
 
 pre-configure:
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|PREFIX =|PREFIX?=|;s|$$(shell git rev-list HEAD.*$$|${GH_TAGNAME}|'	\
 		${WRKSRC}/cfg/global_vars.mk
 
 post-install:
 	${RM} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/man/man1/toxic.1-e ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/man/man5/toxic.conf.5-e
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/toxic
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net-im/toxic/distinfo b/net-im/toxic/distinfo
index 3cdf5595d104..d5e5fc6b36d9 100644
--- a/net-im/toxic/distinfo
+++ b/net-im/toxic/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1737130567
-SHA256 (JFreegman-toxic-v0.16.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 9b58f87941c5638e6169f972292351205bb6335bde8121c103d7dc6fc5174ac7
-SIZE (JFreegman-toxic-v0.16.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 1246725
+TIMESTAMP = 1742072930
+SHA256 (JFreegman-toxic-v0.16.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 4969f0a72e40e0ed296cfff5a5bcd58b999ace52759327c29f23866c96d64f00
+SIZE (JFreegman-toxic-v0.16.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 1249306
diff --git a/net-im/toxic/files/patch-Makefile b/net-im/toxic/files/patch-Makefile
index 26f08944f975..08559d6285cb 100644
--- a/net-im/toxic/files/patch-Makefile
+++ b/net-im/toxic/files/patch-Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
---- Makefile.orig	2019-07-14 18:05:38 UTC
+--- Makefile.orig	2025-01-09 14:41:43 UTC
 +++ Makefile
-@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ UNAME_S = $(shell uname -s)
+@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ endif
  ifeq ($(UNAME_S), Linux)
  LDFLAGS += -ldl -lrt
  endif
 +ifeq ($(UNAME_S), FreeBSD)
 +LIBS := $(filter-out ncursesw, $(LIBS))
 +LDFLAGS += -lncursesw
 +endif
  ifeq ($(UNAME_S), OpenBSD)
  LIBS := $(filter-out ncursesw, $(LIBS))
  LDFLAGS += -lncursesw
diff --git a/net-im/toxic/files/patch-cfg_global__vars.mk b/net-im/toxic/files/patch-cfg_global__vars.mk
index b5bec75e4a7a..f4a1d953f96a 100644
--- a/net-im/toxic/files/patch-cfg_global__vars.mk
+++ b/net-im/toxic/files/patch-cfg_global__vars.mk
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
---- cfg/global_vars.mk.orig	2018-10-30 22:03:44 UTC
+--- cfg/global_vars.mk.orig	2025-01-09 14:41:43 UTC
 +++ cfg/global_vars.mk
-@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
+@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@ TOXIC_VERSION = 0.16.1
  # Version
- TOXIC_VERSION = 0.8.3
+ TOXIC_VERSION = 0.16.1
 -REV = $(shell git rev-list HEAD --count 2>/dev/null || echo -n "error")
 -ifneq (, $(findstring error, $(REV)))
 -    VERSION = $(TOXIC_VERSION)
 -else
 -    VERSION = $(TOXIC_VERSION)_r$(REV)
 -endif
 +#REV = $(shell git rev-list HEAD --count 2>/dev/null || echo -n "error")
  
  # Project directories
  BUILD_DIR = $(BASE_DIR)/build
diff --git a/net-im/toxic/files/patch-src_main.c b/net-im/toxic/files/patch-src_main.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e9ba5f448454
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-im/toxic/files/patch-src_main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+--- src/main.c.orig	2025-01-09 14:41:43 UTC
++++ src/main.c
+@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ static void init_tox_options(const Run_Options *run_op
+     tox_options_set_tcp_port(tox_opts, run_opts->tcp_port);
+     tox_options_set_local_discovery_enabled(tox_opts, !run_opts->disable_local_discovery);
+     tox_options_set_experimental_groups_persistence(tox_opts, true);
+-    tox_options_set_experimental_disable_dns(tox_opts, false);
++    // tox_options_set_experimental_disable_dns(tox_opts, false);
+ 
+     if (run_opts->logging) {
+         tox_options_set_log_callback(tox_opts, cb_toxcore_logger);
+@@ -508,9 +508,10 @@ static void init_tox_options(const Run_Options *run_op
+     }
+ 
+     if (!tox_options_get_udp_enabled(tox_opts)) {
++	/*
+         if (proxy_set) {
+             tox_options_set_experimental_disable_dns(tox_opts, true);
+-        }
++        }	*/
+ 
+         init_queue_add(init_q, "UDP disabled");
+     } else if (proxy_set) {