diff --git a/x11/dwmblocks/Makefile b/x11/dwmblocks/Makefile
index cec564908343..b04229c53113 100644
--- a/x11/dwmblocks/Makefile
+++ b/x11/dwmblocks/Makefile
@@ -1,46 +1,48 @@
 # x11/dwmblocks
 
 PORTNAME=	dwmblocks
-DISTVERSION=	g20201227
+DISTVERSION=	g20240823
 CATEGORIES=	x11
 
 MAINTAINER=	echo@lethedata.com
 COMMENT=	Modular status bar for dwm
 WWW=		https://github.com/torrinfail/dwmblocks/
 
 LICENSE=	ISCL
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libX11.so:x11/libX11
 
 USES=		xorg
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	torrinfail
-GH_TAGNAME=	96cbb45
+GH_TAGNAME=	8cedd22
 
 USE_XORG=	x11
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/dwmblocks
 
 pre-everything::
 	@${ECHO_MSG} "You can build st with your own blocks.h using the BLK_CONF knob:"
 	@${ECHO_MSG} "make BLK_CONF=/path/to/st/blocks.h install clean"
 	@${ECHO_MSG} "Signal = 65 + Update Signal number"
 
 .if defined(BLK_CONF)
 post-extract:
 	@${ECHO_MSG} "creating symlink blocks.h from ${BLK_CONF}"
 	@${LN} -sf ${BLK_CONF} ${WRKSRC}/blocks.h
 .endif
 
 post-patch:
-	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -E \
-		-e "s|(LDFLAGS[[:space:]]*)= |\1= -L/usr/local/lib -I/usr/local/include |" \
-		-e "s|output|all|" \
+	# Uncomment FreeBSD-specific LDFLAGS
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} \
+		-e "7 s/^#//" \
+		-e '3s/:=/+=/' \
+		-e '4s/:=/+=/' \
 		${WRKSRC}/Makefile
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/dwmblocks
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/x11/dwmblocks/distinfo b/x11/dwmblocks/distinfo
index e8e47ffa9aad..51204d643279 100644
--- a/x11/dwmblocks/distinfo
+++ b/x11/dwmblocks/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1626356949
-SHA256 (torrinfail-dwmblocks-g20201227-96cbb45_GH0.tar.gz) = 48271ddb6a4fb0e40cb2f855923c3138e56179b4eec13c5181dfad884681137b
-SIZE (torrinfail-dwmblocks-g20201227-96cbb45_GH0.tar.gz) = 3626
+TIMESTAMP = 1736088024
+SHA256 (torrinfail-dwmblocks-g20240823-8cedd22_GH0.tar.gz) = ec48b2070cefbd16d6dff8067d35d32c9fda77078f7a9226cc22a7c396edf551
+SIZE (torrinfail-dwmblocks-g20240823-8cedd22_GH0.tar.gz) = 3817