diff --git a/dns/powerdns-recursor/Makefile b/dns/powerdns-recursor/Makefile
index 3cc81814b871..37a468371b74 100644
--- a/dns/powerdns-recursor/Makefile
+++ b/dns/powerdns-recursor/Makefile
@@ -1,62 +1,61 @@
 PORTNAME=	recursor
-DISTVERSION=	4.8.4
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	4.9.0
 CATEGORIES=	dns
 MASTER_SITES=	http://downloads.powerdns.com/releases/
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	powerdns-
 DISTNAME=	pdns-${PORTNAME}-${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	tremere@cainites.net
 COMMENT=	Advanced DNS recursor
 WWW=		https://www.PowerDNS.com/recursor.html
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 BROKEN_armv6=	fails to compile: use of overloaded operator << is ambiguous
 BROKEN_armv7=	fails to compile: use of overloaded operator << is ambiguous
 BROKEN_FreeBSD_12_powerpc64=	fails to compile: Assembler messages: unaligned opcodes detected in executable segment
 NOT_FOR_ARCHS=	i386
 NOT_FOR_ARCHS_REASON=	archs with 32-bits time_t are no longer supported by upstream
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/include/boost/shared_ptr.hpp:devel/boost-libs
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libboost_context.so:devel/boost-libs
 
 USES=		autoreconf compiler:c++11-lib cpe gmake libtool \
 		localbase:ldflags pkgconfig ssl tar:bzip2
 
 CPE_VENDOR=	powerdns
 USE_RC_SUBR=	pdns-recursor
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	YES
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--sysconfdir=${PREFIX}/etc/pdns \
 		--with-libsodium=no \
 		--without-net-snmp \
 		--without-systemd
 
 SUB_FILES=	pkg-message
 
 USERS=		pdns_recursor
 GROUPS=		pdns
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		DNSTAP
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	LUA
 OPTIONS_SINGLE=		EXTLUA
 OPTIONS_SINGLE_EXTLUA=	LUA LUAJIT
 
 DNSTAP_DESC=	dnstap support (see dnstap.info)
 LUAJIT_DESC=	Use luajit
 LUA_DESC=	Use lang/lua
 
 DNSTAP_LIB_DEPENDS=		libfstrm.so:devel/fstrm
 DNSTAP_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	dnstap
 
 LUAJIT_USES=		luajit
 LUAJIT_CONFIGURE_ON=	--with-lua=luajit
 
 LUA_USES=	lua
 
 post-install:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}/var/run/pdns-recursor
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/dns/powerdns-recursor/distinfo b/dns/powerdns-recursor/distinfo
index 33830e4d7c02..861c97590877 100644
--- a/dns/powerdns-recursor/distinfo
+++ b/dns/powerdns-recursor/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1680094921
-SHA256 (pdns-recursor-4.8.4.tar.bz2) = f0a63fd08e03da82fa20d333ea5179d1b9259f4264546cf4995286677d9458c7
-SIZE (pdns-recursor-4.8.4.tar.bz2) = 1528092
+TIMESTAMP = 1688122340
+SHA256 (pdns-recursor-4.9.0.tar.bz2) = d36f162843e367646a661a785ca0becde9b68552855bf40532aebafa103966f3
+SIZE (pdns-recursor-4.9.0.tar.bz2) = 1551436
diff --git a/dns/powerdns-recursor/files/patch-rec-main.cc b/dns/powerdns-recursor/files/patch-rec-main.cc
index d233469daf42..abec8d2677d4 100644
--- a/dns/powerdns-recursor/files/patch-rec-main.cc
+++ b/dns/powerdns-recursor/files/patch-rec-main.cc
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
---- rec-main.cc.orig	2022-12-09 10:46:42 UTC
+--- rec-main.cc.orig	2023-06-30 06:58:36 UTC
 +++ rec-main.cc
-@@ -2609,13 +2609,13 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
-                 SYSTEMD_SETID_MSG
+@@ -2829,13 +2829,13 @@ static void initArgs()
+               SYSTEMD_SETID_MSG
  #endif
-                 )
--      = "";
-+      = "pdns";
-     ::arg().set("setuid", "If set, change user id to this uid for more security"
+               )
+-    = "";
++    = "pdns";
+   ::arg().set("setuid", "If set, change user id to this uid for more security"
  #ifdef HAVE_SYSTEMD
-                 SYSTEMD_SETID_MSG
+               SYSTEMD_SETID_MSG
  #endif
-                 )
--      = "";
-+      = "pdns_recursor";
-     ::arg().set("network-timeout", "Wait this number of milliseconds for network i/o") = "1500";
-     ::arg().set("threads", "Launch this number of threads") = "2";
-     ::arg().set("distributor-threads", "Launch this number of distributor threads, distributing queries to other threads") = "0";
+               )
+-    = "";
++    = "pdns_recursor";
+   ::arg().set("network-timeout", "Wait this number of milliseconds for network i/o") = "1500";
+   ::arg().set("threads", "Launch this number of threads") = "2";
+   ::arg().set("distributor-threads", "Launch this number of distributor threads, distributing queries to other threads") = "0";