diff --git a/net/cloud-init/Makefile b/net/cloud-init/Makefile
index 1a011e4369fe..a1cd023dc2ee 100644
--- a/net/cloud-init/Makefile
+++ b/net/cloud-init/Makefile
@@ -1,49 +1,48 @@
 PORTNAME=	cloud-init
-DISTVERSION=	22.3.4
+DISTVERSION=	22.4.2
 CATEGORIES=	net python
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	andrey@bsdnir.info
 COMMENT=	Init scripts for use on cloud images
 WWW=		https://cloud-init.io/
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20 GPLv3
 LICENSE_COMB=	dual
 LICENSE_FILE_APACHE20=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE-Apache2.0
 LICENSE_FILE_GPLv3=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE-GPLv3
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	sudo>0:security/sudo \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}boto>0:devel/py-boto@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}Jinja2>0:devel/py-Jinja2@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}configobj>0:devel/py-configobj@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}yaml>0:devel/py-yaml@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyserial>0:comms/py-pyserial@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}requests>0:www/py-requests@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}oauthlib>0:security/py-oauthlib@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}jsonpatch>0:devel/py-jsonpatch@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}jsonschema>0:devel/py-jsonschema@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}jsonpointer>0:devel/py-jsonpointer@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}netifaces>0:net/py-netifaces@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python:3.6+ shebangfix
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	canonical
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
+PYDISTUTILS_INSTALLARGS+=	"--init-system=sysvinit_freebsd"
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	tools/validate-yaml.py tools/read-dependencies \
 		tools/read-version tools/hook-hotplug
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
 ETCDIR=		${PREFIX}/etc/cloud
 
-PYDISTUTILS_INSTALLARGS+=	"--init-system=sysvinit_freebsd"
-
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 post-patch:
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|%%PREFIX%%|${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}|g' ${WRKSRC}/setup.py
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|%%PREFIX%%|${PREFIX}|g' ${WRKSRC}/cloudinit/settings.py
 	@cd ${WRKSRC} && ${RM} config/cloud.cfg.d/99_freebsd.cfg.orig
 
 post-build:
 	@cd ${WRKSRC} && ${MV} config/cloud.cfg.d/05_logging.cfg config/cloud.cfg.d/05_logging.cfg.sample
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net/cloud-init/distinfo b/net/cloud-init/distinfo
index 20c534a25724..338c72431a08 100644
--- a/net/cloud-init/distinfo
+++ b/net/cloud-init/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1666819675
-SHA256 (canonical-cloud-init-22.3.4_GH0.tar.gz) = e601a3ce278d6b5c0d0cfbffe2c9a4fa71a5e4ff8589b0f63b6868d1177e0eaa
-SIZE (canonical-cloud-init-22.3.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 1425504
+TIMESTAMP = 1670787766
+SHA256 (canonical-cloud-init-22.4.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 9542bc57138f50bcbbb47283c8fc57762d0dfb4bdd0829a02c2104c26ca5e1ac
+SIZE (canonical-cloud-init-22.4.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 1511043
diff --git a/net/cloud-init/files/patch-cloudinit_distros_networking.py b/net/cloud-init/files/patch-cloudinit_distros_networking.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..811534c5f298
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/cloud-init/files/patch-cloudinit_distros_networking.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- cloudinit/distros/networking.py.orig	2022-12-11 19:43:15 UTC
++++ cloudinit/distros/networking.py
+@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ class BSDNetworking(Networking):
+         self.ifc = ifconfig.Ifconfig()
+         self.ifs = {}
+         self._update_ifs()
++        super().__init__()
+ 
+     def _update_ifs(self):
+         ifconf = subp.subp(["ifconfig", "-a"])