diff --git a/devel/mate-common/Makefile b/devel/mate-common/Makefile
index 6fa3acbfdddc..36f338196229 100644
--- a/devel/mate-common/Makefile
+++ b/devel/mate-common/Makefile
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
 PORTNAME=	mate-common
-PORTVERSION=	1.28.0
+DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
+DISTVERSION=	1.28.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel mate
-MASTER_SITES=	MATE
-DIST_SUBDIR=	mate
 
 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
 
-USES=		gmake pkgconfig:both tar:xz
+USE_GITHUB=	yes
+GH_ACCOUNT=	mate-desktop
+USES=		autoreconf gmake pkgconfig:both
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 GNU_CONFIGURE_MANPREFIX=${PREFIX}/share
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/mate-common/distinfo b/devel/mate-common/distinfo
index 97746880a960..00f25f458cde 100644
--- a/devel/mate-common/distinfo
+++ b/devel/mate-common/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1709899038
-SHA256 (mate/mate-common-1.28.0.tar.xz) = 42b7c2cee268f71d7e1c1ad4f69bcda0ecd65578a96722187c6b76378d26ba0a
-SIZE (mate/mate-common-1.28.0.tar.xz) = 70600
+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