diff --git a/sysutils/file/Makefile b/sysutils/file/Makefile
index 9efd1b74116a..c726c0471d87 100644
--- a/sysutils/file/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/file/Makefile
@@ -1,31 +1,29 @@
 PORTNAME=	file
-PORTVERSION=	5.39
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	5.46
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 MASTER_SITES=	https://astron.com/pub/file/ \
 		https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.astron.com/pub/file/ \
 		https://ftp.icm.edu.pl/packages/file/ \
 		ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/tools/file/
 
 MAINTAINER=	jharris@widomaker.com
 COMMENT=	Utility to determine file type
 WWW=		https://darwinsys.com/file/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 USES=		cpe libtool
 CPE_VENDOR=	${PORTNAME}_project
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
-GNU_CONFIGURE_MANPREFIX=${PREFIX}/share
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--enable-fsect-man5
 MAKE_ENV=	INSTALL_STRIP_FLAG="${STRIP}"
 TEST_TARGET=	check
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|$$(datadir)/misc|$$(datadir)/${PORTNAME}|g' \
 		${WRKSRC}/configure
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/file/distinfo b/sysutils/file/distinfo
index 144935b52dca..7a50ee5e9694 100644
--- a/sysutils/file/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/file/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1592228395
-SHA256 (file-5.39.tar.gz) = f05d286a76d9556243d0cb05814929c2ecf3a5ba07963f8f70bfaaa70517fad1
-SIZE (file-5.39.tar.gz) = 954266
+TIMESTAMP = 1734142442
+SHA256 (file-5.46.tar.gz) = c9cc77c7c560c543135edc555af609d5619dbef011997e988ce40a3d75d86088
+SIZE (file-5.46.tar.gz) = 1312892