diff --git a/devel/mate-common/Makefile b/devel/mate-common/Makefile
index 36f338196229..dbedb319375c 100644
--- a/devel/mate-common/Makefile
+++ b/devel/mate-common/Makefile
@@ -1,21 +1,23 @@
 PORTNAME=	mate-common
-DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	1.28.0
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	devel mate
+MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/${GH_ACCOUNT}/${GH_PROJECT}/releases/download/v${DISTVERSION}/
+DISTFILES=	${DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	gnome@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Common automake macros for MATE
 WWW=		https://mate-desktop.org/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
-PORTSCOUT=	limitw:1,even
-
-USE_GITHUB=	yes
+USES=		gmake pkgconfig:both tar:xz
+USE_GITHUB=	nodefault
 GH_ACCOUNT=	mate-desktop
-USES=		autoreconf gmake pkgconfig:both
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 GNU_CONFIGURE_MANPREFIX=${PREFIX}/share
 
+PORTSCOUT=	limitw:1,even
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/mate-common/distinfo b/devel/mate-common/distinfo
index 00f25f458cde..3dc41c476357 100644
--- a/devel/mate-common/distinfo
+++ b/devel/mate-common/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1779842599
-SHA256 (mate-desktop-mate-common-v1.28.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 7100ecd60a9b5f398b9c3508eb17bca657bb748a74fc9f277b1e5ba1e022b701
-SIZE (mate-desktop-mate-common-v1.28.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 27797
+TIMESTAMP = 1780255576
+SHA256 (mate-common-1.28.0.tar.xz) = 42b7c2cee268f71d7e1c1ad4f69bcda0ecd65578a96722187c6b76378d26ba0a
+SIZE (mate-common-1.28.0.tar.xz) = 70600