diff --git a/net/sdl2_net/Makefile b/net/sdl2_net/Makefile
index e15c00fdbbed..48a5c2e880f4 100644
--- a/net/sdl2_net/Makefile
+++ b/net/sdl2_net/Makefile
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
 PORTNAME=	sdl2_net
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	release-
-DISTVERSION=	2.2.0
+DISTVERSION=	2.4.0
 CATEGORIES=	net
 
 MAINTAINER=	amdmi3@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Small sample cross-platform networking library
 WWW=		https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL_net
 
 LICENSE=	ZLIB
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 USES=		cmake sdl
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	libsdl-org
 GH_PROJECT=	SDL_net
 USE_SDL=	sdl2
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 CMAKE_OFF=	SDL2NET_SAMPLES
 CMAKE_ARGS=	-DSDL2NET_DEBUG_POSTFIX:STRING=
 
+PLIST_SUB=	LIBVERSION=0.${DISTVERSION:R:E}00.${DISTVERSION:E}
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net/sdl2_net/distinfo b/net/sdl2_net/distinfo
index 9084ef589a15..0114727c2623 100644
--- a/net/sdl2_net/distinfo
+++ b/net/sdl2_net/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1661877280
-SHA256 (libsdl-org-SDL_net-release-2.2.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 08d741282c0c22b82ed134f09cd319803132289cae06fb47b5ada2752faf0493
-SIZE (libsdl-org-SDL_net-release-2.2.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 8698437
+TIMESTAMP = 1778861408
+SHA256 (libsdl-org-SDL_net-release-2.4.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 0d26aa8c945644b39e1b3cd21b692ed1332eba2bdc623a383bfbc4b2be6e76d3
+SIZE (libsdl-org-SDL_net-release-2.4.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 8725082
diff --git a/net/sdl2_net/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt b/net/sdl2_net/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index d0a6c7001225..000000000000
--- a/net/sdl2_net/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- CMakeLists.txt.orig	2022-08-19 16:58:25 UTC
-+++ CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ if(SDL2NET_INSTALL)
-         endif()
-         # Only install a SDL2_net.pc file in Release mode
-         install(CODE "
--            if(CMAKE_INSTALL_CONFIG_NAME MATCHES \"Release\")
-+            if(1)
-                 # FIXME: use file(COPY_FILE) if minimum CMake version >= 3.21
-                 execute_process(COMMAND \"\${CMAKE_COMMAND}\" -E copy_if_different
-                     \"${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/SDL2_net-$<CONFIG>.pc\"
diff --git a/net/sdl2_net/pkg-plist b/net/sdl2_net/pkg-plist
index c8d7b3b10a6a..388632c8dabe 100644
--- a/net/sdl2_net/pkg-plist
+++ b/net/sdl2_net/pkg-plist
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 include/SDL2/SDL_net.h
 lib/cmake/SDL2_net/SDL2_net-shared-targets-%%CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE%%.cmake
 lib/cmake/SDL2_net/SDL2_net-shared-targets.cmake
 lib/cmake/SDL2_net/SDL2_netConfig.cmake
 lib/cmake/SDL2_net/SDL2_netConfigVersion.cmake
 lib/libSDL2_net-2.0.so
 lib/libSDL2_net-2.0.so.0
-lib/libSDL2_net-2.0.so.0.200.0
+lib/libSDL2_net-2.0.so.%%LIBVERSION%%
 lib/libSDL2_net.so
 libdata/pkgconfig/SDL2_net.pc