diff --git a/x11/xsnow/Makefile b/x11/xsnow/Makefile
index 7b60f6faaa21..eab18f50a77b 100644
--- a/x11/xsnow/Makefile
+++ b/x11/xsnow/Makefile
@@ -1,35 +1,36 @@
 PORTNAME=	xsnow
-PORTVERSION=	3.7.9
+DISTVERSION=	3.8.4
+DISTVERSIONSUFFIX=	~pre01
 CATEGORIES=	x11
 MASTER_SITES=	https://ratrabbit.nl/downloads/xsnow/ \
 		SF/${PORTNAME}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	fluffy@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Create a snowy and Santa-y desktop
 WWW=		https://www.ratrabbit.nl/ratrabbit/xsnow/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libgsl.so:math/gsl \
 		libxkbcommon.so:x11/libxkbcommon
 
 USES=		compiler:c11 gmake gnome pkgconfig xorg
 USE_GNOME=	cairo gdkpixbuf2 glib20 gtk30 libxml2
 USE_XORG=	x11 xext xinerama xpm xt xtst xorgproto
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 GNU_CONFIGURE_MANPREFIX=	${PREFIX}/share
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		NLS
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	NLS
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 
 NLS_USES=		gettext-tools
 NLS_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	nls
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} \
 		-e 's,/games,/bin,g' \
 			${WRKSRC}/src/Makefile.in
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/x11/xsnow/distinfo b/x11/xsnow/distinfo
index 399f445ca846..5024a24f483c 100644
--- a/x11/xsnow/distinfo
+++ b/x11/xsnow/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1722509895
-SHA256 (xsnow-3.7.9.tar.gz) = 0c4cd06e551f9b691dd08db5b14c0edc45549bf5879ce93b4fa88c828dfe1006
-SIZE (xsnow-3.7.9.tar.gz) = 1409749
+TIMESTAMP = 1737979526
+SHA256 (xsnow-3.8.4~pre01.tar.gz) = b97424f9a027f730dfc241ddb2fa225f80bfb72dc78c7eeb0db5d2ebae085cff
+SIZE (xsnow-3.8.4~pre01.tar.gz) = 1413863