diff --git a/biology/star/Makefile b/biology/star/Makefile
index fc32ddebc58b..dd8137dee91f 100644
--- a/biology/star/Makefile
+++ b/biology/star/Makefile
@@ -1,47 +1,50 @@
 PORTNAME=	STAR
-DISTVERSION=	2.7.10b
+DISTVERSION=	2.7.11a
 CATEGORIES=	biology
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	rna-
 
 MAINTAINER=	jwb@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Spliced Transcripts Alignment to a Reference
 WWW=		https://github.com/alexdobin/STAR
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKDIR}/STAR-${DISTVERSION}/LICENSE
 
 NOT_FOR_ARCHS=		armv6 armv7 i386 mips powerpc powerpcspe
 NOT_FOR_ARCHS_REASON=	Requires 64-bit processor
 .if !exists(/usr/include/omp.h)
 BROKEN=		requires OpenMP support that is missing on this architecture
 .endif
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	xxd:sysutils/xxd
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libhts.so:biology/htslib
 
 USES=		compiler:c++11-lang gmake localbase:ldflags
+# FIXME: When built with clang, number of input reads = 0
+USE_GCC=	yes
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	alexdobin
 
 WRKSRC_SUBDIR=	source
 MAKE_FLAGS=	HTSLIB=''
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/STAR
 
 post-patch:
 	${RM} -rf ${WRKSRC}/htslib
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} \
 		-e 's|"htslib/htslib/sam.h"|<htslib/sam.h>|g' \
 		-e 's|"htslib/htslib/kstring.h"|<htslib/kstring.h>|g' \
 		-e 's|"htslib/htslib/bgzf.h"|<htslib/bgzf.h>|g' \
 		${WRKSRC}/BAMfunctions.cpp \
 		${WRKSRC}/IncludeDefine.h \
 		${WRKSRC}/STAR.cpp \
 		${WRKSRC}/bamRemoveDuplicates.cpp \
 		${WRKSRC}/bam_cat.c \
 		${WRKSRC}/bam_cat.h \
 		${WRKSRC}/signalFromBAM.h
 
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/STAR ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/biology/star/distinfo b/biology/star/distinfo
index 6f7048071c63..395c98a981c1 100644
--- a/biology/star/distinfo
+++ b/biology/star/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1689939622
-SHA256 (alexdobin-STAR-2.7.10b_GH0.tar.gz) = 0d1b71de6c5be1c5d90b32130d2abcd5785a4fc7c1e9bf19cc391947f2dc46e5
-SIZE (alexdobin-STAR-2.7.10b_GH0.tar.gz) = 12443703
+TIMESTAMP = 1692285897
+SHA256 (alexdobin-STAR-2.7.11a_GH0.tar.gz) = 542457b1a4fee73f27a581b1776e9f73ad2b4d7e790388b6dc71147bd039f99a
+SIZE (alexdobin-STAR-2.7.11a_GH0.tar.gz) = 12463429
diff --git a/biology/star/files/patch-SpliceGraph.cpp b/biology/star/files/patch-SpliceGraph.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index b839bfe7e802..000000000000
--- a/biology/star/files/patch-SpliceGraph.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- SpliceGraph.cpp.orig	2023-07-21 15:27:26 UTC
-+++ SpliceGraph.cpp
-@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
- /*
-  * Created by Fahimeh Mirhaj on 6/10/19.
- */
--using namespace std;
- 
- #include "SpliceGraph.h"
- #include "GTF.h"
diff --git a/biology/star/files/patch-opal_opal.cpp b/biology/star/files/patch-opal_opal.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index dcda064df27a..000000000000
--- a/biology/star/files/patch-opal_opal.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
---- opal/opal.cpp.orig	2021-11-26 16:14:46 UTC
-+++ opal/opal.cpp
-@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@
- #include <limits>
- #include <vector>
- 
--extern "C" {
- #define SIMDE_ENABLE_NATIVE_ALIASES
- #include <simde_avx2.h> // AVX2 and lower
--}
- 
- #include "opal.h"
-