diff --git a/textproc/md4c/Makefile b/textproc/md4c/Makefile
index c1a717a710d9..4d84bae14251 100644
--- a/textproc/md4c/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/md4c/Makefile
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 PORTNAME=	md4c
-DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	release-
-DISTVERSION=	0.5.2
+DISTVERSION=	0.5.2.20240225
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 
 MAINTAINER=	rosenke@dssgmbh.de
 COMMENT=	Markdown Parser written in C
 WWW=		https://github.com/mity/md4c/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.md
 
 USES=		cmake cpe
 CPE_VENDOR=	${PORTNAME}_project
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	mity
+GH_TAGNAME=	481fbfb
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/md4c/distinfo b/textproc/md4c/distinfo
index daf87c3efb9f..209ab063124a 100644
--- a/textproc/md4c/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/md4c/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1724194987
-SHA256 (mity-md4c-release-0.5.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 55d0111d48fb11883aaee91465e642b8b640775a4d6993c2d0e7a8092758ef21
-SIZE (mity-md4c-release-0.5.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 237973
+TIMESTAMP = 1763606060
+SHA256 (mity-md4c-0.5.2.20240225-481fbfb_GH0.tar.gz) = 04e03a69a2783ab5f2449f8864499dabb150092d5f48415a5e423f762a209d54
+SIZE (mity-md4c-0.5.2.20240225-481fbfb_GH0.tar.gz) = 238753