diff --git a/devel/statsvn/Makefile b/devel/statsvn/Makefile
index fee27d109f6a..8476f776ac88 100644
--- a/devel/statsvn/Makefile
+++ b/devel/statsvn/Makefile
@@ -1,48 +1,47 @@
 PORTNAME=	statsvn
 PORTVERSION=	0.7.0
-PORTREVISION=	8
+PORTREVISION=	9
 CATEGORIES=	devel java
 MASTER_SITES=	SF
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}-source
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Subversion repository activity report generator
 WWW=		https://www.statsvn.org/
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL21+
 
 .if ${WITH_SUBVERSION_VER:U} == LTS
 RUN_DEPENDS=	subversion-lts>0:devel/subversion-lts
 .else
 RUN_DEPENDS=	subversion>0:devel/subversion
 .endif
 
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
 DATADIR=	${JAVASHAREDIR}/${PORTNAME}
 
 USES=		java:ant zip
-JAVA_VERSION=	8
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 ALL_TARGET=	dist
 
 SUB_FILES=	statsvn
 SUB_LIST=	JAVA=${JAVA}
 
 PORTDOCS=	*
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/statsvn \
 		%%DATADIR%%/statsvn.jar
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 DOCS_ALL_TARGET=	javadoc
 
 do-install:
 	(cd ${WRKSRC}/dist && ${COPYTREE_SHARE} . ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR})
 	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKDIR}/statsvn ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 
 do-install-DOCS-on:
 	(cd ${WRKSRC}/doc && ${COPYTREE_SHARE} . ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR})
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/statsvn/files/patch-build.xml b/devel/statsvn/files/patch-build.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..12267f056a72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/statsvn/files/patch-build.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- build.xml.orig	2026-04-10 10:08:16 UTC
++++ build.xml
+@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
+ 
+ 	<target name="compile" depends="init,filter">
+ 		<!-- Compile the java code from ${src} into ${build} -->
+-		<javac srcdir="${src.filtered}" destdir="${build}" debug="on" source="1.4" target="1.4" >
++		<javac srcdir="${src.filtered}" destdir="${build}" debug="on">
+ 			<classpath refid="project.class.path" />
+ 		</javac>
+ 	</target>
+@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
+ 
+ 	<target name="compile.tests" depends="init.tests,compile">
+ 		<!-- Compile the unit tests from ${src.tests} into ${build.tests} -->
+-		<javac srcdir="${src.tests}" destdir="${build.tests}" debug="on" source="1.4" target="1.4">
++		<javac srcdir="${src.tests}" destdir="${build.tests}" debug="on">
+ 			<classpath>
+ 				<path refid="project.class.path" />
+ 				<pathelement path="${build}" />