diff --git a/editors/hexcurse/Makefile b/editors/hexcurse/Makefile
index fab8f2f01537..f13022e88f50 100644
--- a/editors/hexcurse/Makefile
+++ b/editors/hexcurse/Makefile
@@ -1,29 +1,27 @@
 PORTNAME=	hexcurse
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.60.0
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	1.70.0
 CATEGORIES=	editors
 
 MAINTAINER=	bofh@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Versatile ncurses-based hex editor
-WWW=		https://BSDforge.com/projects/editors/hexcurse/
+WWW=		https://github.com/prso/hexcurse-ng
 
-LICENSE=	GPLv2
+LICENSE=	GPLv2+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
-DEPRECATED=	Unmaintained, last release in 2015
-EXPIRATION_DATE=2025-02-11
-
-USES=		ncurses
+USES=		autoreconf ncurses
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
-GH_ACCOUNT=	LonnyGomes
+GH_ACCOUNT=	prso
+GH_PROJECT=	${PORTNAME}-ng
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
-
-CFLAGS+=	-Wno-error=deprecated-non-prototype \
-		-Wno-error=format-security \
-		-Wno-error=format-truncation
+INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/hexcurse share/man/man1/hexcurse.1.gz
 
+post-patch:
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's, getopt\.c,,' ${WRKSRC}/src/Makefile.am
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's,hgetopt,getopt,' ${WRKSRC}/src/hexcurse.c
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/editors/hexcurse/distinfo b/editors/hexcurse/distinfo
index d06e433d6350..33dada0c699d 100644
--- a/editors/hexcurse/distinfo
+++ b/editors/hexcurse/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1615680672
-SHA256 (LonnyGomes-hexcurse-v1.60.0_GH0.tar.gz) = f6919e4a824ee354f003f0c42e4c4cef98a93aa7e3aa449caedd13f9a2db5530
-SIZE (LonnyGomes-hexcurse-v1.60.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 171904
+TIMESTAMP = 1724695608
+SHA256 (prso-hexcurse-ng-v1.70.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 54d93391bc769173b7e584406e58aee1d01b56298a8acdd8abd9c90ccc1a7b5b
+SIZE (prso-hexcurse-ng-v1.70.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 192001
diff --git a/editors/hexcurse/files/patch-include_hex.h b/editors/hexcurse/files/patch-include_hex.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 0270248207f8..000000000000
--- a/editors/hexcurse/files/patch-include_hex.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- include/hex.h.orig	2015-11-18 04:33:09 UTC
-+++ include/hex.h
-@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ extern bool color_enabled;
- #define max(a,b) ((a) >(b) ? (a) : (b))
- #endif
- 
--FILE *fpIN;		        		/* global file ptr           */
-+extern FILE *fpIN;		       		/* global file ptr           */
- 
- /* function prototypes */
- 
diff --git a/editors/hexcurse/files/patch-src_file.c b/editors/hexcurse/files/patch-src_file.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 83385f4a3006..000000000000
--- a/editors/hexcurse/files/patch-src_file.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- src/file.c.orig	2015-11-18 04:33:09 UTC
-+++ src/file.c
-@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
- \******************************************************************************/
- #include "hex.h"
- 
-+FILE *fpIN;			/* global file ptr           */
-+
- /*******************************************************\
-  * Description: prints out a line of text to the screen*
-  *		the current address line and both the          *