diff --git a/dns/dnscap/Makefile b/dns/dnscap/Makefile
index e5f547436002..66b2dc7ca92c 100644
--- a/dns/dnscap/Makefile
+++ b/dns/dnscap/Makefile
@@ -1,34 +1,36 @@
 PORTNAME=	dnscap
-PORTVERSION=	2.3.1
+PORTVERSION=	2.4.0
 PORTEPOCH=	1
 CATEGORIES=	dns
 MASTER_SITES=	https://www.dns-oarc.net/files/dnscap/ \
 		LOCAL/sunpoet
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	DNS network traffic capture utility
 WWW=		https://www.dns-oarc.net/tools/dnscap \
 		https://github.com/DNS-OARC/dnscap
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-LIB_DEPENDS=	libldns.so:dns/ldns
+LIB_DEPENDS=	libldns.so:dns/ldns \
+		liblz4.so:archivers/liblz4 \
+		libzstd.so:archivers/zstd
 
 USES=		autoreconf libtool localbase pkgconfig ssl
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--enable-shared --enable-static
 CONFIGURE_ENV=	libcrypto_CFLAGS=-I${OPENSSLINC}/include \
 		libcrypto_LIBS="-L${OPENSSLLIB}/lib -lcrypto"
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	CDS THREADS
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=THREADS
 CDS_DESC=	CBOR DNS Stream (CDS) format (experimental)
 
 CDS_CONFIGURE_OFF=	ac_cv_lib_tinycbor_cbor_parser_init=no
 CDS_LIB_DEPENDS=	libtinycbor.so:devel/tinycbor
 THREADS_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	threads
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/dns/dnscap/distinfo b/dns/dnscap/distinfo
index ba3294b4f430..edf98e7b0e67 100644
--- a/dns/dnscap/distinfo
+++ b/dns/dnscap/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1745936030
-SHA256 (dnscap-2.3.1.tar.gz) = 012226ddc666d78bf225ef1feeb7b106be94facce33c1c5e48c229735fecf0a1
-SIZE (dnscap-2.3.1.tar.gz) = 788252
+TIMESTAMP = 1750954122
+SHA256 (dnscap-2.4.0.tar.gz) = 1e568a2e417a3df68efd20c2534c7ec352cf8329ac861cbe301982f62893ef01
+SIZE (dnscap-2.4.0.tar.gz) = 833066
diff --git a/dns/dnscap/files/patch-Makefile.am b/dns/dnscap/files/patch-Makefile.am
index 0a8b516baf73..4ab72fe2131e 100644
--- a/dns/dnscap/files/patch-Makefile.am
+++ b/dns/dnscap/files/patch-Makefile.am
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
---- Makefile.am.orig	2020-04-23 08:19:36 UTC
+--- Makefile.am.orig	2025-06-11 07:37:41 UTC
 +++ Makefile.am
 @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ SUBDIRS = src plugins
  
  SUBDIRS = src plugins
  
--dist_doc_DATA = README.md LICENSE CONTRIBUTORS
+-dist_doc_DATA = README.md LICENSE CONTRIBUTORS CHANGES
 +dist_doc_DATA =
  
  EXTRA_DIST = isc m4 .clang-format fmt.sh
  
diff --git a/dns/dnscap/files/patch-configure.ac b/dns/dnscap/files/patch-configure.ac
index 719ed0ea6447..32ac3fecb957 100644
--- a/dns/dnscap/files/patch-configure.ac
+++ b/dns/dnscap/files/patch-configure.ac
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
---- configure.ac.orig	2021-03-11 15:59:57 UTC
+--- configure.ac.orig	2025-06-23 11:48:40 UTC
 +++ configure.ac
-@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ AC_HEADER_RESOLV
- AC_HEADER_TIME
+@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/ioctl.h sys/param.h sys/socket.h
+ AC_HEADER_RESOLV
  AC_CHECK_HEADERS([arpa/inet.h fcntl.h netdb.h netinet/in.h stdlib.h string.h])
  AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/ioctl.h sys/param.h sys/socket.h sys/time.h unistd.h])
 -AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ldns/ldns.h arpa/nameser_compat.h cbor.h cbor/cbor.h])
 +AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ldns/ldns.h arpa/nameser_compat.h cbor.h tinycbor/cbor.h])
- AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/time.h])
- AC_CHECK_HEADERS([zlib.h])
  AC_CHECK_HEADERS([openssl/conf.h openssl/evp.h openssl/err.h])
+ AC_CHECK_HEADERS([cryptopANT.h])
+ AC_CHECK_HEADERS([endian.h sys/endian.h machine/endian.h])