diff --git a/math/octave-forge-zeromq/Makefile b/math/octave-forge-zeromq/Makefile
index a21c5e3420e3..0b1d074774f1 100644
--- a/math/octave-forge-zeromq/Makefile
+++ b/math/octave-forge-zeromq/Makefile
@@ -1,21 +1,24 @@
 PORTNAME=	octave-forge-zeromq
-PORTVERSION=	1.5.5
-PORTREVISION=	2
+DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	release-
+DISTVERSION=	1.5.6
 CATEGORIES=	math
-MASTER_SITES=	SF/octave/Octave%20Forge%20Packages/Individual%20Package%20Releases
-DISTNAME=	${OCTAVE_PKGNAME}-${DISTVERSIONFULL}
 
 MAINTAINER=	stephen@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Octave-forge package ${OCTAVE_PKGNAME}
 WWW=		https://packages.octave.org/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
-LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKDIR}/${OCTAVE_SRC}/COPYING
+LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/../COPYING
 
 LIB_DEPENDS+=	libzmq.so:net/libzmq4
 
-USES=		localbase octave pkgconfig
+USES=		localbase octave pkgconfig autoreconf
+USE_GITHUB=	yes
+GH_ACCOUNT=	gnu-octave
+GH_PROJECT=	octave-zeromq
+
+OCTAVE_SRC=	${GH_PROJECT}-release-${DISTVERSION}
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/math/octave-forge-zeromq/distinfo b/math/octave-forge-zeromq/distinfo
index 1ce8d16c1b62..bed759ecff02 100644
--- a/math/octave-forge-zeromq/distinfo
+++ b/math/octave-forge-zeromq/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1666203266
-SHA256 (octave-forge/zeromq-1.5.5.tar.gz) = 300644a5b56eada815b97acc27cab9fe3539713721a2c02dac047a1252f07ecb
-SIZE (octave-forge/zeromq-1.5.5.tar.gz) = 410875
+TIMESTAMP = 1691766582
+SHA256 (octave-forge/gnu-octave-octave-zeromq-release-1.5.6_GH0.tar.gz) = a7138008f59f7111562968f3b02dad4e94af9ea8ecff6066b5073403d84d87fa
+SIZE (octave-forge/gnu-octave-octave-zeromq-release-1.5.6_GH0.tar.gz) = 65382