diff --git a/graphics/birdfont/Makefile b/graphics/birdfont/Makefile
index 05d08854b038..7c822e2c4124 100644
--- a/graphics/birdfont/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/birdfont/Makefile
@@ -1,54 +1,52 @@
 PORTNAME=	birdfont
-DISTVERSION=	2.32.3
-PORTREVISION=	3
+DISTVERSION=	2.33.4
 CATEGORIES=	graphics x11-fonts
 MASTER_SITES=	https://birdfont.org/releases/
 
 MAINTAINER=	eduardo@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Font editor for creating fonts in TTF, EOT, SVG and BIRDFONT format
 WWW=		https://birdfont.org/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/GPLv3.txt
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}doit>0:devel/py-doit@${PY_FLAVOR}
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libfontconfig.so:x11-fonts/fontconfig \
 		libfreetype.so:print/freetype2 \
 		libgee-0.8.so:devel/libgee \
 		libharfbuzz.so:print/harfbuzz \
 		libnotify.so:devel/libnotify \
 		libsoup-2.4.so:devel/libsoup \
 		libwebkit2gtk-4.0.so:www/webkit2-gtk3 \
 		libxmlbird.so:textproc/libxmlbird
 
-USES=		compiler:c++11-lang desktop-file-utils gettext-tools gnome \
-		pkgconfig python:build shared-mime-info shebangfix \
-		sqlite:3 tar:xz vala:build
+USES=		gettext-tools gnome pkgconfig python:build shared-mime-info \
+		shebangfix sqlite:3 tar:xz vala:build
 USE_GNOME=	cairo gdkpixbuf2 glib20 gtk30
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 SHEBANG_FILES=	configure install.py
 
 HAS_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--cc="${CC}" \
 		--cflags="${CFLAGS}" \
 		--dest="${STAGEDIR}" \
 		--ldflags="${LDFLAGS}" \
 		--prefix="${PREFIX}"
 
 LDFLAGS_powerpc=	-lm
 _STRIPPABLE=	bin/birdfont bin/birdfont-autotrace bin/birdfont-export \
 		bin/birdfont-import lib/libbirdfont.so.36.0 \
 		lib/libbirdgems.so.0.0
 
 do-build:
 	(cd ${WRKSRC} && ${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${PYTHON_CMD} build.py)
 
 do-install:
 	(cd ${WRKSRC} && ./install.py \
 		--dest="${STAGEDIR}" \
 		--nogzip=1 \
 		--manpages-directory="/share/man/man1")
 	@(cd ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX} && \
 		${STRIP_CMD} ${_STRIPPABLE})
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/graphics/birdfont/distinfo b/graphics/birdfont/distinfo
index 6637493ce662..0e5a8d4b892e 100644
--- a/graphics/birdfont/distinfo
+++ b/graphics/birdfont/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1663958457
-SHA256 (birdfont-2.32.3.tar.xz) = 66c6300d2ee982ceb7e4fdf03d7fcf093b872d7dff22ef7b1e055efaa1728d9c
-SIZE (birdfont-2.32.3.tar.xz) = 2569732
+TIMESTAMP = 1708200086
+SHA256 (birdfont-2.33.4.tar.xz) = 0f688dc24b65bb71a55ba7e36389f847359fabd753bb868f77a6ec4b9c50400e
+SIZE (birdfont-2.33.4.tar.xz) = 2542704
diff --git a/graphics/birdfont/files/patch-configure b/graphics/birdfont/files/patch-configure
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..75070126c3a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/graphics/birdfont/files/patch-configure
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Lowering dep to webkit2gtk-4.0
+
+--- configure.orig	2024-02-17 20:04:34 UTC
++++ configure
+@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def configure(libbgee, valac, pkg_config):
+ 			'gio-2.0', 
+ 			'glib-2.0', 
+ 			'gtk+-3.0',
+-			'webkit2gtk-4.1', 
++			'webkit2gtk-4.0', 
+ 			'libsoup-2.4',
+ 			'libnotify',
+ 			'sqlite3',
diff --git a/graphics/birdfont/files/patch-dodo.py b/graphics/birdfont/files/patch-dodo.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b25ceb6f475c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/graphics/birdfont/files/patch-dodo.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+Lowering dep to webkit2gtk-4.0
+
+--- dodo.py.orig	2024-02-17 20:49:47 UTC
++++ dodo.py
+@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def make_birdfont(target_binary, deps):
+ 		--pkg gio-2.0  \
+ 		--pkg cairo \
+ 		--pkg gdk-pixbuf-2.0 \
+-		--pkg webkit2gtk-4.1 \
++		--pkg webkit2gtk-4.0 \
+ 		--pkg libnotify \
+ 		--pkg xmlbird \
+ 		--pkg libbirdfont \
+@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def make_birdfont(target_binary, deps):
+ 		$({pkg-config} --cflags glib-2.0) \
+ 		$({pkg-config} --cflags gdk-pixbuf-2.0) \
+ 		$({pkg-config} --cflags xmlbird) \
+-		$({pkg-config} --cflags webkit2gtk-4.1) \
++		$({pkg-config} --cflags webkit2gtk-4.0) \
+ 		$({pkg-config} --cflags libnotify) \
+         -o OBJECT_FILE""".format(**config.SETTINGS)
+         
+@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def make_birdfont(target_binary, deps):
+ 		$({pkg-config} --libs cairo-gobject) \
+ 		$({pkg-config} --libs glib-2.0) \
+ 		$({pkg-config} --libs gdk-pixbuf-2.0) \
+-		$({pkg-config} --libs webkit2gtk-4.1) \
++		$({pkg-config} --libs webkit2gtk-4.0) \
+ 		$({pkg-config} --libs xmlbird) \
+ 		$({pkg-config} --libs libnotify) \
+ 		-L./build -L./build/bin -l birdgems \