diff --git a/x11-fonts/font-misc-meltho/Makefile b/x11-fonts/font-misc-meltho/Makefile
index 7638a26fcc5a..43e90deeb78c 100644
--- a/x11-fonts/font-misc-meltho/Makefile
+++ b/x11-fonts/font-misc-meltho/Makefile
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 PORTNAME=	font-misc-meltho
-PORTVERSION=	1.0.3
-PORTREVISION=	5
+DISTVERSION=	1.0.4
 CATEGORIES=	x11-fonts
 
 MAINTAINER=	x11@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	X.Org miscellaneous Meltho font
-WWW=		https://www.x.org/
+WWW=		https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/font/misc-meltho
 
 LICENSE=	MELTHO
 LICENSE_NAME=	License of Meltho fonts
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 LICENSE_PERMS=	dist-mirror dist-sell pkg-mirror pkg-sell auto-accept
 
-USES=		xorg-cat:font
+USES=		tar:xz xorg-cat:font
 FONTNAME=	OTF
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/x11-fonts/font-misc-meltho/distinfo b/x11-fonts/font-misc-meltho/distinfo
index a2d669cfb121..e982b3ba5411 100644
--- a/x11-fonts/font-misc-meltho/distinfo
+++ b/x11-fonts/font-misc-meltho/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-SHA256 (xorg/font/font-misc-meltho-1.0.3.tar.bz2) = 3721323f13855cf7ca609115a1f7b182491e9b2b9c6e01eb1a2c7f8edd480791
-SIZE (xorg/font/font-misc-meltho-1.0.3.tar.bz2) = 1578992
+TIMESTAMP = 1783077011
+SHA256 (xorg/font/font-misc-meltho-1.0.4.tar.xz) = 63be5ec17078898f263c24096a68b43ae5b06b88852e42549afa03d124d65219
+SIZE (xorg/font/font-misc-meltho-1.0.4.tar.xz) = 831660
diff --git a/x11-fonts/font-misc-meltho/pkg-descr b/x11-fonts/font-misc-meltho/pkg-descr
index 16897ee6eb45..df3b2b5ce9d5 100644
--- a/x11-fonts/font-misc-meltho/pkg-descr
+++ b/x11-fonts/font-misc-meltho/pkg-descr
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-This package contains miscellaneous X.Org Meltho fonts.
+This are Miscellaneous Meltho OTF fonts.
+These fonts are designed for the display of Syriac text. They come from
+Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute and are covered by a license which
+permits redistribution but prohibits modification.