diff --git a/misc/picoclaw/Makefile b/misc/picoclaw/Makefile
index 57317af0585e..e8f7ff5901f3 100644
--- a/misc/picoclaw/Makefile
+++ b/misc/picoclaw/Makefile
@@ -1,36 +1,35 @@
 PORTNAME=	picoclaw
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	0.2.8
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	0.2.9
 CATEGORIES=	misc
 
 MAINTAINER=	olivier@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Lightweight personal AI assistant
 WWW=		https://github.com/sipeed/picoclaw
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		go:1.25+,modules
 
 BROKEN_i386=	vendored modernc.org/libc + modernc.org/sqlite broken on 386
 BROKEN_armv7=	vendored modernc.org/libc + modernc.org/sqlite broken on arm
 
 GO_MODULE=	github.com/sipeed/picoclaw
 GO_TARGET=	./cmd/${PORTNAME}
 
 _CONFIG_PKG=	${GO_MODULE}/pkg/config
 GO_BUILDFLAGS=	-tags goolm,stdjson \
 		-ldflags "-s -w \
 			-X ${_CONFIG_PKG}.Version=${DISTVERSION}"
 
 USE_RC_SUBR=	${PORTNAME}
 SUB_FILES=	pkg-message
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/${PORTNAME}
 
 pre-build:
 	cd ${WRKSRC} && ${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${GO_ENV} \
 		${GO_CMD} generate ./...
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/misc/picoclaw/distinfo b/misc/picoclaw/distinfo
index b3a3608552e8..8596741c4358 100644
--- a/misc/picoclaw/distinfo
+++ b/misc/picoclaw/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1779431771
-SHA256 (go/misc_picoclaw/picoclaw-v0.2.8/v0.2.8.mod) = 8ab0ac855b1fe5ad0da214ae20798f3f23d26cdb3b4bcc303f3e461df100e757
-SIZE (go/misc_picoclaw/picoclaw-v0.2.8/v0.2.8.mod) = 6172
-SHA256 (go/misc_picoclaw/picoclaw-v0.2.8/v0.2.8.zip) = 510ed300ba65cfb9af5a5ee0f171042acc6892c9f2b1753ac7c8a57d649ce4c3
-SIZE (go/misc_picoclaw/picoclaw-v0.2.8/v0.2.8.zip) = 15219840
+TIMESTAMP = 1781610105
+SHA256 (go/misc_picoclaw/picoclaw-v0.2.9/v0.2.9.mod) = 531910fc9995a4cbe2e5822e7a265eccb57448577db284d75e740878c1ad7ef5
+SIZE (go/misc_picoclaw/picoclaw-v0.2.9/v0.2.9.mod) = 6250
+SHA256 (go/misc_picoclaw/picoclaw-v0.2.9/v0.2.9.zip) = 8c647d715ec0ddd623ea4468b7361001e259a902c7833f222d7cb804164c2e24
+SIZE (go/misc_picoclaw/picoclaw-v0.2.9/v0.2.9.zip) = 15802301
diff --git a/misc/picoclaw/files/patch-cmd_picoclaw_main.go b/misc/picoclaw/files/patch-cmd_picoclaw_main.go
index 7e4d41c450b1..cd3dd513dd79 100644
--- a/misc/picoclaw/files/patch-cmd_picoclaw_main.go
+++ b/misc/picoclaw/files/patch-cmd_picoclaw_main.go
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
---- cmd/picoclaw/main.go.orig	2026-05-22 08:53:26 UTC
+--- cmd/picoclaw/main.go.orig	1979-11-29 23:00:00 UTC
 +++ cmd/picoclaw/main.go
-@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import (
+@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import (
  	"github.com/sipeed/picoclaw/cmd/picoclaw/internal/status"
  	"github.com/sipeed/picoclaw/cmd/picoclaw/internal/version"
  	"github.com/sipeed/picoclaw/pkg/config"
 -	"github.com/sipeed/picoclaw/pkg/updater"
  )
  
  var rootNoColor bool
-@@ -92,7 +91,6 @@ picoclaw --no-color status`,
+@@ -94,7 +93,6 @@ picoclaw --no-color status`,
  		migrate.NewMigrateCommand(),
  		skills.NewSkillsCommand(),
  		model.NewModelCommand(),
 -		updater.NewUpdateCommand("picoclaw"),
  		version.NewVersionCommand(),
  	)