diff --git a/games/filters/Makefile b/games/filters/Makefile
index e9aaf2ef9131..b5c0a74f2f5e 100644
--- a/games/filters/Makefile
+++ b/games/filters/Makefile
@@ -1,42 +1,41 @@
 PORTNAME=	filters
-DISTVERSION=	2.55
+DISTVERSION=	2.56
 DISTVERSIONSUFFIX=	.orig
-PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	games perl5
 MASTER_SITES=	DEBIAN
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}${DISTVERSIONSUFFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	ehaupt@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Collection of filters, including B1FF, and the Swedish Chef
 WWW=		https://joeyh.name/code/filters/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
-USES=		gmake perl5 shebangfix
+USES=		gmake perl5 shebangfix tar:xz
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	${PERLFILTERS}
 
 MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=	yes
 
 CONFLICTS=	chef kenny lolcat talkfilters
 
-WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}
+WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}-${DISTVERSION}
 
 PERLFILTERS=	b1ff censor chef eleet fudd jibberish kenny pirate rasterman \
 		spammer studly uniencode upside-down fanboy scottish LOLCAT
 CFILTERS=	jethro kraut cockney jive nyc ken ky00te newspeak nethackify \
 		scramble
 
 post-extract:
 	@${MV} ${WRKSRC}/${PORTNAME}.6 ${WRKSRC}/${PORTNAME}.1
 
 do-install:
 .for f in ${CFILTERS}
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/${f} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 .endfor
 .for f in ${PERLFILTERS}
 	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKSRC}/${f} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 .endfor
 	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/${PORTNAME}.1 ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/man/man1
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/games/filters/distinfo b/games/filters/distinfo
index 9ad32281c8b4..055797008b56 100644
--- a/games/filters/distinfo
+++ b/games/filters/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1475737087
-SHA256 (filters_2.55.orig.tar.gz) = 6ca2fa24eac273a9e01a60a0cb4e0623076e0132b497271d57f544249d704078
-SIZE (filters_2.55.orig.tar.gz) = 54171
+TIMESTAMP = 1769073898
+SHA256 (filters_2.56.orig.tar.xz) = 951b5e5d09df62891c0bf0a617adb36b530271a2c30d06f0e16f7020073b20b4
+SIZE (filters_2.56.orig.tar.xz) = 47512
diff --git a/games/filters/files/patch-filters.1 b/games/filters/files/patch-filters.1
index 2a6bb78f52bd..008b8150bae3 100644
--- a/games/filters/files/patch-filters.1
+++ b/games/filters/files/patch-filters.1
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
---- filters.1.orig	2015-08-30 21:50:41 UTC
+--- filters.1.orig	2025-12-30 18:33:58 UTC
 +++ filters.1
 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 -.TH FILTERS 6
 +.TH FILTERS 1
  .SH NAME
  ken, b1ff, censor, chef, cockney, eleet, fanboy, fudd, jethro, jibberish, jive, kenny, kraut, ky00te, nethackify, newspeak, nyc, pirate, rasterman, scottish, spammer, scramble, studly, uniencode, upside\-down \- assorted text filters
  .SH SYNOPSIS