diff --git a/multimedia/kew/Makefile b/multimedia/kew/Makefile
index a72ed4e160d0..4c9b3e27fab0 100644
--- a/multimedia/kew/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/kew/Makefile
@@ -1,37 +1,37 @@
 PORTNAME=	kew
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	2.5.1
+DISTVERSION=	2.6.0
 CATEGORIES=	multimedia
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Command-line music player
 WWW=		https://github.com/ravachol/kew
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BROKEN_i386=	compilation fails with incompatible pointer, see https://github.com/ravachol/kew/issues/118
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libavcodec.so:multimedia/ffmpeg \
 		libchafa.so:graphics/chafa \
 		libfftw3f.so:math/fftw3-float \
 		libfreeimage.so:graphics/freeimage \
 		libopus.so:audio/opus \
 		libopusfile.so:audio/opusfile \
 		libvorbis.so:audio/libvorbis
 
 USES=		gettext-runtime gmake gnome pkgconfig
 USE_GNOME=	glib20
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	ravachol
 
 MAKE_ARGS=	CC=${CC} PREFIX=${PREFIX}
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/kew \
 		share/man/man1/kew.1.gz
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/kew
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/multimedia/kew/distinfo b/multimedia/kew/distinfo
index 3d3b72745f4b..824b11fdd812 100644
--- a/multimedia/kew/distinfo
+++ b/multimedia/kew/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1720051738
-SHA256 (ravachol-kew-v2.5.1_GH0.tar.gz) = dd5d67c6f216e55c54e3a3b258d3892e83494eca4ec35e1675710745524d1a81
-SIZE (ravachol-kew-v2.5.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 994661
+TIMESTAMP = 1720107559
+SHA256 (ravachol-kew-v2.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = a2f53dbdc1bf677bdbdda020ecef69eee28aa70507ea24f9af5f0d0cf8463f29
+SIZE (ravachol-kew-v2.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 995535
diff --git a/multimedia/kew/files/patch-src_file.c b/multimedia/kew/files/patch-src_file.c
deleted file mode 100644
index e4f83ed70cdd..000000000000
--- a/multimedia/kew/files/patch-src_file.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
---- src/file.c.orig	2024-07-04 00:23:14 UTC
-+++ src/file.c
-@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ int walker(const char *startPath, const char *searchin
-                 }
- 
-                 char entryPath[MAXPATHLEN];
--                char *currentDir = get_current_dir_name();
-+		char buf[PATH_MAX];
-+                char *currentDir = getcwd(buf, PATH_MAX);
-                 snprintf(entryPath, sizeof(entryPath), "%s/%s", currentDir, dir->d_name);
-                 free(currentDir);
- 
-@@ -141,7 +142,8 @@ int walker(const char *startPath, const char *searchin
-                         if (((exactSearch && (strcasecmp(dir->d_name, searching) == 0)) || (!exactSearch && c_strcasestr(dir->d_name, searching) != NULL)) &&
-                             (searchType != FileOnly) && (searchType != SearchPlayList))
-                         {
--                                char *curDir = get_current_dir_name();
-+				char buf[PATH_MAX];
-+                                char *curDir = getcwd(buf, PATH_MAX);
-                                 snprintf(result, MAXPATHLEN, "%s/%s", curDir, dir->d_name);
-                                 free(curDir);
-                                 copyresult = true;
-@@ -187,7 +189,8 @@ int walker(const char *startPath, const char *searchin
- 
-                         if ((exactSearch && (strcasecmp(dir->d_name, searching) == 0)) || (!exactSearch && c_strcasestr(dir->d_name, searching) != NULL))
-                         {
--                                char *curDir = get_current_dir_name();
-+				char buf[PATH_MAX];
-+                                char *curDir = getcwd(buf, PATH_MAX);
-                                 snprintf(result, MAXPATHLEN, "%s/%s", curDir, dir->d_name);
-                                 copyresult = true;
-                                 free(curDir);