diff --git a/textproc/md4c/Makefile b/textproc/md4c/Makefile
index 4cf559046d89..c1a717a710d9 100644
--- a/textproc/md4c/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/md4c/Makefile
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 PORTNAME=	md4c
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	release-
-DISTVERSION=	0.4.7
+DISTVERSION=	0.5.2
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 
 MAINTAINER=	rosenke@dssgmbh.de
 COMMENT=	Markdown Parser written in C
-WWW=		https://github.com/mity/md4c
+WWW=		https://github.com/mity/md4c/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
+LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.md
 
 USES=		cmake cpe
 CPE_VENDOR=	${PORTNAME}_project
-USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	mity
+USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/md4c/distinfo b/textproc/md4c/distinfo
index ccbc79a2ed7e..daf87c3efb9f 100644
--- a/textproc/md4c/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/md4c/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1613558190
-SHA256 (mity-md4c-release-0.4.7_GH0.tar.gz) = f1b12d7aeb64fcbc7092c832e1a8b137102fec168961c87222fa599aedc19035
-SIZE (mity-md4c-release-0.4.7_GH0.tar.gz) = 228223
+TIMESTAMP = 1724194987
+SHA256 (mity-md4c-release-0.5.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 55d0111d48fb11883aaee91465e642b8b640775a4d6993c2d0e7a8092758ef21
+SIZE (mity-md4c-release-0.5.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 237973
diff --git a/textproc/md4c/pkg-plist b/textproc/md4c/pkg-plist
index 9bd12a807141..df1a52e6f058 100644
--- a/textproc/md4c/pkg-plist
+++ b/textproc/md4c/pkg-plist
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 bin/md2html
 include/md4c-html.h
 include/md4c.h
-lib/cmake/md4c-html/md4cHtmlConfig-%%CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE%%.cmake
-lib/cmake/md4c-html/md4cHtmlConfig.cmake
 lib/cmake/md4c/md4cConfig-%%CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE%%.cmake
 lib/cmake/md4c/md4cConfig.cmake
 lib/libmd4c-html.so
 lib/libmd4c-html.so.0
-lib/libmd4c-html.so.0.4.7
+lib/libmd4c-html.so.0.5.2
 lib/libmd4c.so
 lib/libmd4c.so.0
-lib/libmd4c.so.0.4.7
+lib/libmd4c.so.0.5.2
 libdata/pkgconfig/md4c-html.pc
 libdata/pkgconfig/md4c.pc
 share/man/man1/md2html.1.gz