diff --git a/graphics/png/Makefile b/graphics/png/Makefile
index cdeb4c557d12..6b1b35a5a535 100644
--- a/graphics/png/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/png/Makefile
@@ -1,57 +1,55 @@
 PORTNAME=	png
-DISTVERSION=	1.6.52
+DISTVERSION=	1.6.53
 CATEGORIES=	graphics
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/lib${PORTNAME}/lib${PORTNAME}16/${DISTVERSION}/
-PATCH_SITES=	SF/lib${PORTNAME}-apng/lib${PORTNAME}16/${_PATCH_VERSION}/
-_PATCH_VERSION=	1.6.51
+PATCH_SITES=	SF/lib${PORTNAME}-apng/lib${PORTNAME}16/${DISTVERSION}/
 # Keep this because you normally need to keep patch version in sync with release 
 DISTNAME=	lib${PORTNAME}-${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	desktop@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Library for manipulating PNG images
 WWW=		http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
 
 LICENSE=	Libpng
 LICENSE_GROUPS=	FSF GPL OSI
 LICENSE_NAME=	libpng License
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 LICENSE_PERMS=	dist-mirror dist-sell pkg-mirror pkg-sell auto-accept
 
 USES=		cmake:testing cpe pathfix tar:xz
 CPE_PRODUCT=	libpng
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	 PNG_TESTS
 
 CMAKE_ARGS=	-DPNG_DEBUG_POSTFIX=""
 CMAKE_OFF=	PNG_TESTS
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	APNG SIMD
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=APNG
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT_aarch64=	SIMD
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT_amd64=	SIMD
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT_powerpc64le=	SIMD
 # arm/arm_init.c:43:6: error: "No support for run-time ARM Neon checking; use compile-time options"
 .ifdef QEMU_EMULATING
 OPTIONS_EXCLUDE_armv6=	SIMD
 OPTIONS_EXCLUDE_armv7=	SIMD
 .endif
 
 APNG_DESC=Enable Animated PNG support
 
 SIMD_CMAKE_BOOL=	PNG_HARDWARE_OPTIMIZATIONS
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 .if ${ARCH} == powerpc64 && ${PORT_OPTIONS:MSIMD}
 USES+=		compiler:c11
 CFLAGS+=	-maltivec -mvsx
 .endif
 
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MAPNG} || make(makesum)
-#PATCHFILES=	${DISTNAME}-apng.patch.gz:-p1
 # Keep this because you normally need to keep patch version in sync with release
-PATCHFILES=	lib${PORTNAME}-${_PATCH_VERSION}-apng.patch.gz:-p1
+PATCHFILES=	lib${PORTNAME}-${DISTVERSION}-apng.patch.gz:-p1
 .endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/graphics/png/distinfo b/graphics/png/distinfo
index 8a2e9325d6bc..b0d61826be21 100644
--- a/graphics/png/distinfo
+++ b/graphics/png/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1764965517
-SHA256 (libpng-1.6.52.tar.xz) = 36bd726228ec93a3b6c22fdb49e94a67b16f2fe9b39b78b7cb65772966661ccc
-SIZE (libpng-1.6.52.tar.xz) = 1063580
-SHA256 (libpng-1.6.51-apng.patch.gz) = 9c16ec5654be709f062a705d0c6f529193f1c2123fe7f102fda6733913689023
-SIZE (libpng-1.6.51-apng.patch.gz) = 10686
+TIMESTAMP = 1765095992
+SHA256 (libpng-1.6.53.tar.xz) = 1d3fb8ccc2932d04aa3663e22ef5ef490244370f4e568d7850165068778d98d4
+SIZE (libpng-1.6.53.tar.xz) = 1063432
+SHA256 (libpng-1.6.53-apng.patch.gz) = 452a1a290bd0cf18737fad0057dc17b7fdf10a73eda2d6d4f31ba04fda25ef2c
+SIZE (libpng-1.6.53-apng.patch.gz) = 10692
diff --git a/graphics/png/pkg-plist b/graphics/png/pkg-plist
index 8087b4b7bf39..89cbe615ad6d 100644
--- a/graphics/png/pkg-plist
+++ b/graphics/png/pkg-plist
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 bin/libpng-config
 bin/libpng16-config
 bin/png-fix-itxt
 bin/pngfix
 include/libpng16/png.h
 include/libpng16/pngconf.h
 include/libpng16/pnglibconf.h
 include/png.h
 include/pngconf.h
 include/pnglibconf.h
 lib/cmake/PNG/PNGConfig.cmake
 lib/cmake/PNG/PNGConfigVersion.cmake
 lib/cmake/PNG/PNGTargets-%%CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE%%.cmake
 lib/cmake/PNG/PNGTargets.cmake
 lib/libpng.a
 lib/libpng.so
 lib/libpng/libpng16-%%CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE%%.cmake
 lib/libpng/libpng16.cmake
 lib/libpng16.a
 lib/libpng16.so
 lib/libpng16.so.16
-lib/libpng16.so.16.52.0
+lib/libpng16.so.16.53.0
 libdata/pkgconfig/libpng.pc
 libdata/pkgconfig/libpng16.pc
 share/man/man3/libpng.3.gz
 share/man/man3/libpngpf.3.gz
 share/man/man5/png.5.gz