diff --git a/textproc/goldendict-ng/Makefile b/textproc/goldendict-ng/Makefile
index e29bce5fb3ec..24bf9030b8f4 100644
--- a/textproc/goldendict-ng/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/goldendict-ng/Makefile
@@ -1,46 +1,46 @@
 PORTNAME=	goldendict-ng
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	26.3.0
-DISTVERSIONSUFFIX=	-Release.fce2b872
+DISTVERSION=	26.5.0
+DISTVERSIONSUFFIX=	-Release.c5e2abc1
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 
 MAINTAINER=	eduardo@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Advanced dictionary lookup program, supporting many formats
 WWW=		https://xiaoyifang.github.io/goldendict-ng/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libfmt.so:devel/libfmt \
 		libhunspell-1.7.so:textproc/hunspell \
 		liblzo2.so:archivers/lzo2 \
 		libopencc.so:chinese/opencc \
 		libtomlplusplus.so:devel/tomlplusplus \
 		libvorbis.so:audio/libvorbis \
 		libxapian.so:databases/xapian-core \
 		libzim.so:devel/libzim
 
 USES=		cmake compiler:c++17-lang desktop-file-utils gl pkgconfig qt:6 \
 		xorg
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	xiaoyifang
 USE_GL=		opengl
 USE_QT=		5compat base declarative multimedia positioning svg webchannel \
 		webengine tools:build
 USE_XORG=	ice sm x11 xext xorgproto xtst
 
 CMAKE_ON=		USE_ALTERNATIVE_NAME USE_SYSTEM_FMT USE_SYSTEM_TOML
 CMAKE_OFF=		WITH_FFMPEG_PLAYER
 CONFIGURE_WRKSRC=	${WRKSRC}/build_dir
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		EPWING SPEECH
 
 EPWING_DESC=	Japanese EPWING dictionary format support
 SPEECH_DESC=	Text to speech support
 
 EPWING_LIB_DEPENDS=	libeb.so:japanese/eb
 EPWING_CMAKE_OFF=	-DWITH_EPWING_SUPPORT=OFF
 SPEECH_USE=		QT=speech
 SPEECH_CMAKE_ON=	-DWITH_TTS=ON
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/goldendict-ng/distinfo b/textproc/goldendict-ng/distinfo
index 039b2586800d..f43d2ca49e0b 100644
--- a/textproc/goldendict-ng/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/goldendict-ng/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1772129587
-SHA256 (xiaoyifang-goldendict-ng-v26.3.0-Release.fce2b872_GH0.tar.gz) = 1620aa15f2d2d4fcf1b33772dd781d8387841c4d30266ed75f416ff13239a46c
-SIZE (xiaoyifang-goldendict-ng-v26.3.0-Release.fce2b872_GH0.tar.gz) = 6008108
+TIMESTAMP = 1776447094
+SHA256 (xiaoyifang-goldendict-ng-v26.5.0-Release.c5e2abc1_GH0.tar.gz) = 91cc789d171831f981e594b2f0dbeb03932cf86387874b490d813f6d20c89472
+SIZE (xiaoyifang-goldendict-ng-v26.5.0-Release.c5e2abc1_GH0.tar.gz) = 6082321
diff --git a/textproc/goldendict-ng/files/patch-src_metadata.cc b/textproc/goldendict-ng/files/patch-src_metadata.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 2875b158d128..000000000000
--- a/textproc/goldendict-ng/files/patch-src_metadata.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
---- src/metadata.cc.orig	2026-01-09 23:18:18 UTC
-+++ src/metadata.cc
-@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
- #include "metadata.hh"
- #include "toml++/toml.hpp"
-+#include <sstream>
- #include <QDebug>
- #include <QSaveFile>
- #include <QFile>