diff --git a/devel/elfio/Makefile b/devel/elfio/Makefile
index 59962a3485d5..3a53e9f845c9 100644
--- a/devel/elfio/Makefile
+++ b/devel/elfio/Makefile
@@ -1,31 +1,47 @@
 PORTNAME=	elfio
-PORTVERSION=	3.11
+DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	Release_
+DISTVERSION=	3.12-102
+DISTVERSIONSUFFIX=	-g7d30a22 # use latest commit hash because the last release was 2 years ago
 CATEGORIES=	devel
-MASTER_SITES=	SF/elfio/ELFIO-sources/ELFIO-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	james.wright@digital-chaos.com
 COMMENT=	Small C++ library for reading and generating ELF files
-WWW=		https://elfio.sourceforge.net/
+WWW=		https://elfio.sourceforge.net/ \
+		https://github.com/serge1/ELFIO
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
-USES=		cmake ninja compiler:c++11-lang
+USES=		cmake compiler:c++11-lang
+
+USE_GITHUB=	yes
+GH_ACCOUNT=	serge1
+GH_PROJECT=	ELFIO
+
+CMAKE_OFF=	ELFIO_BUILD_EXAMPLES
+
+PORTDOCS=	*
+PORTEXAMPLES=	*
+
+NO_BUILD=	yes
+NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS EXAMPLES
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 
-EXAMPLES_CMAKE_BOOL=	ELFIO_BUILD_EXAMPLES
+#EXAMPLES_CMAKE_BOOL=	ELFIO_BUILD_EXAMPLES # do not build examples to keep this port NOARCH (absolute majority of users will not need them)
 
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/doc/elfio.pdf ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 post-install-EXAMPLES-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${EXAMPLESDIR}
-	(cd ${WRKSRC}/examples && \
-	${COPYTREE_SHARE} . ${STAGEDIR}${EXAMPLESDIR} "! -name *.txt")
-	(cd ${BUILD_WRKSRC}/examples && \
-	${COPYTREE_BIN} . ${STAGEDIR}${EXAMPLESDIR} "-type f -perm -a=x")
+	# install example sources
+	cd ${WRKSRC}/examples && \
+		${COPYTREE_SHARE} . ${STAGEDIR}${EXAMPLESDIR} "! -name *.txt"
+	# do not install example binaries, just the sources
+	#(cd ${BUILD_WRKSRC}/examples && \
+		${COPYTREE_BIN} . ${STAGEDIR}${EXAMPLESDIR} "-type f -perm -a=x")
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/elfio/distinfo b/devel/elfio/distinfo
index fc7a363f6190..69f1eae96941 100644
--- a/devel/elfio/distinfo
+++ b/devel/elfio/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1669588370
-SHA256 (elfio-3.11.tar.gz) = 3307b104c205399786edbba203906de9517e36297709fe747faf9478d55fbb91
-SIZE (elfio-3.11.tar.gz) = 429788
+TIMESTAMP = 1765562969
+SHA256 (serge1-ELFIO-Release_3.12-102-g7d30a22_GH0.tar.gz) = 1fae6b7884086b80bcc4987fe9b811d5ae60ca2cfe169ce952b87188c7072bb7
+SIZE (serge1-ELFIO-Release_3.12-102-g7d30a22_GH0.tar.gz) = 6588329
diff --git a/devel/elfio/pkg-plist b/devel/elfio/pkg-plist
index 3b41da38c92e..2ef454f19c4e 100644
--- a/devel/elfio/pkg-plist
+++ b/devel/elfio/pkg-plist
@@ -1,39 +1,19 @@
 include/elfio/elf_types.hpp
 include/elfio/elfio.hpp
 include/elfio/elfio_array.hpp
 include/elfio/elfio_dump.hpp
 include/elfio/elfio_dynamic.hpp
 include/elfio/elfio_header.hpp
 include/elfio/elfio_modinfo.hpp
 include/elfio/elfio_note.hpp
 include/elfio/elfio_relocation.hpp
 include/elfio/elfio_section.hpp
 include/elfio/elfio_segment.hpp
 include/elfio/elfio_strings.hpp
 include/elfio/elfio_symbols.hpp
 include/elfio/elfio_utils.hpp
 include/elfio/elfio_version.hpp
 include/elfio/elfio_versym.hpp
-%%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/LICENSE.txt
-%%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/README.md
-%%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/elfio.pdf
 %%DATADIR%%/cmake/elfioConfig.cmake
 %%DATADIR%%/cmake/elfioConfigVersion.cmake
 %%DATADIR%%/cmake/elfioTargets.cmake
-%%PORTEXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/add_section/add_section
-%%PORTEXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/add_section/add_section.cpp
-%%PORTEXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/anonymizer/anonymizer
-%%PORTEXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/anonymizer/anonymizer.cpp
-%%PORTEXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/c_wrapper/c_example.c
-%%PORTEXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/c_wrapper/elfio_c_wrapper.cpp
-%%PORTEXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/c_wrapper/elfio_c_wrapper.h
-%%PORTEXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/elfdump/elfdump
-%%PORTEXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/elfdump/elfdump.cpp
-%%PORTEXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/proc_mem/proc_mem
-%%PORTEXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/proc_mem/proc_mem.cpp
-%%PORTEXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/tutorial/tutorial
-%%PORTEXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/tutorial/tutorial.cpp
-%%PORTEXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/write_obj/write_obj
-%%PORTEXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/write_obj/write_obj.cpp
-%%PORTEXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/writer/writer
-%%PORTEXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/writer/writer.cpp