diff --git a/x11/xbacklight/Makefile b/x11/xbacklight/Makefile
index 5ffc51144912..56eabc1dc150 100644
--- a/x11/xbacklight/Makefile
+++ b/x11/xbacklight/Makefile
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 PORTNAME=	xbacklight
-PORTVERSION=	1.2.3
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	1.2.4
 CATEGORIES=	x11
 
 MAINTAINER=	x11@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	Program to adjust backlight brightness
+COMMENT=	Utility to adjust backlight brightness using RandR extension
+WWW=		https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xbacklight
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libxcb-util.so:x11/xcb-util
 
-USES=		xorg xorg-cat:app
-USE_XORG=	x11 xrender xrandr xcb
+USES=		tar:xz xorg xorg-cat:app
+USE_XORG=	xcb
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/xbacklight share/man/man1/xbacklight.1.gz
-GNU_CONFIGURE_MANPREFIX=	${PREFIX}/share
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/x11/xbacklight/distinfo b/x11/xbacklight/distinfo
index 5805b6b2c23c..deb47bc67c44 100644
--- a/x11/xbacklight/distinfo
+++ b/x11/xbacklight/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1566062149
-SHA256 (xorg/app/xbacklight-1.2.3.tar.bz2) = 3a27f324777ae99fee476cfb2f064576fb8cba4eb77f97cda37adda1c1d39ade
-SIZE (xorg/app/xbacklight-1.2.3.tar.bz2) = 124611
+TIMESTAMP = 1751546436
+SHA256 (xorg/app/xbacklight-1.2.4.tar.xz) = d4c30b0e6f18c82f387585a737ee3b72d468c927892b08a898c41bc12248e8ee
+SIZE (xorg/app/xbacklight-1.2.4.tar.xz) = 121276
diff --git a/x11/xbacklight/pkg-descr b/x11/xbacklight/pkg-descr
index 220f1b596e24..544275bcadcf 100644
--- a/x11/xbacklight/pkg-descr
+++ b/x11/xbacklight/pkg-descr
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
-The xbacklight program adjusts backlight brightness
-using RandR extension.
+Xbacklight is used to adjust the backlight brightness where supported.
+It uses the RandR extension to find all outputs on the X server
+supporting backlight brightness control and changes them all in the
+same way.