diff --git a/editors/ghostwriter/Makefile b/editors/ghostwriter/Makefile
index 1e78dd951319..d55553335513 100644
--- a/editors/ghostwriter/Makefile
+++ b/editors/ghostwriter/Makefile
@@ -1,35 +1,21 @@
 PORTNAME=	ghostwriter
-DISTVERSION=	24.12.1
-CATEGORIES=	editors kde
+DISTVERSION=	${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION}
+CATEGORIES=	editors kde kde-applications
 
-MAINTAINER=	madpilot@FreeBSD.org
+MAINTAINER=	kde@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Distraction-free Markdown editor
 WWW=		https://ghostwriter.kde.org/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
-LIB_DEPENDS=	libhunspell-1.7.so:textproc/hunspell
-
-USES=		cmake compiler:c++11-lang desktop-file-utils pkgconfig kde:6 qt:6
-USE_KDE=	configwidgets coreaddons doctools ecm:build sonnet widgetsaddons xmlgui
-KDE_INVENT=	a88e594e783bc8366f5246efd546da654c4da5b8 office
-USE_QT=		base svg tools:build webchannel webengine
-
-CMAKE_ARGS=	-DBUILD_WITH_QT6=ON \
-		-DQT_MAJOR_VERSION=6
-
+USES=		cmake compiler:c++20-lang desktop-file-utils \
+		kde:6 qt:6 tar:xz
+USE_KDE=	configwidgets coreaddons sonnet widgetsaddons xmlgui \
+		doctools:build ecm:build
+USE_QT=		base svg webchannel webengine \
+		tools:build
 # cf. PR 224488
 LDFLAGS+=	-Wl,--as-needed
 
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=		CMARK PANDOC
-OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	CMARK PANDOC
-
-CMARK_DESC=		Add runtime dependency on cmark parser
-PANDOC_DESC=		Add runtime dependency on pandoc parser
-
-CMARK_BUILD_DEPENDS=	cmark>0:textproc/cmark
-
-PANDOC_BUILD_DEPENDS=	hs-pandoc>0:textproc/hs-pandoc
-
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/editors/ghostwriter/distinfo b/editors/ghostwriter/distinfo
index cfadba5c7ed9..ebcf5cae8e8b 100644
--- a/editors/ghostwriter/distinfo
+++ b/editors/ghostwriter/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1736458534
-SHA256 (office-ghostwriter-a88e594e783bc8366f5246efd546da654c4da5b8_GL0.tar.gz) = 8d7932e923a9647fde3896778e81a196928aaa1b0bebf07d392eb9396836fae0
-SIZE (office-ghostwriter-a88e594e783bc8366f5246efd546da654c4da5b8_GL0.tar.gz) = 7573189
+TIMESTAMP = 1739914564
+SHA256 (KDE/release-service/24.12.2/ghostwriter-24.12.2.tar.xz) = 322fd8f086df778b140cc9ad0e4c9a561dd105a89b4c7d14a02930d5805a95ca
+SIZE (KDE/release-service/24.12.2/ghostwriter-24.12.2.tar.xz) = 2709628
diff --git a/editors/ghostwriter/files/patch-src_CMakeLists.txt b/editors/ghostwriter/files/patch-src_CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b4d43628a0cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editors/ghostwriter/files/patch-src_CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- src/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2025-01-31 00:38:48 UTC
++++ src/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -77,11 +77,6 @@ target_sources(ghostwriter PRIVATE
+ )
+ 
+ 
+-if (UNIX)
+-    find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
+-    pkg_check_modules(Hunspell REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET hunspell)
+-    target_link_libraries(ghostwriter PRIVATE PkgConfig::Hunspell)
+-endif()
+ 
+ find_package(Qt${QT_MAJOR_VERSION} ${QT_MIN_VERSION} REQUIRED COMPONENTS
+     Concurrent