diff --git a/lang/zephir/Makefile b/lang/zephir/Makefile
index 909cc491f536..84771081acb5 100644
--- a/lang/zephir/Makefile
+++ b/lang/zephir/Makefile
@@ -1,36 +1,38 @@
 PORTNAME=	zephir
-DISTVERSION=	0.17.0
+DISTVERSION=	0.19.0
 CATEGORIES=	lang
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/zephir-lang/${PORTNAME}/releases/download/${DISTVERSION}/
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PHP_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}
 EXTRACT_SUFX=	.phar
-DIST_SUBDIR=	${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
+DIST_SUBDIR=	${PORTNAME}-${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	rcm@rcm.sh
 COMMENT=	Zephir is a transpiled language used for creating C-extensions for PHP
 WWW=		https://github.com/zephir-lang/zephir
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	re2c>0:devel/re2c
 
 USES=		php:cli,flavors
-USE_PHP=	dom filter iconv phar xml zephir_parser zlib
+USE_PHP=	dom ctype filter mbstring phar xml zephir_parser zlib
+
+EXTRACT_CMD=		${CP}
+EXTRACT_BEFORE_ARGS=	#
+EXTRACT_AFTER_ARGS=	${WRKSRC}
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 NO_BUILD=	yes
 NO_WRKSUBDIR=	yes
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/${DISTNAME} \
 		bin/${DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
 
-do-extract:
-	${MKDIR} ${WRKSRC}/
-	${CP} ${_DISTDIR}/${DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX} ${WRKSRC}/
-
 do-install:
-	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKSRC}/${DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/
-	${LN} -s ${DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/${DISTNAME}
+	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKSRC}/${DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX} \
+		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
+	${RLN} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/${DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX} \
+		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/${DISTNAME}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/lang/zephir/distinfo b/lang/zephir/distinfo
index cdcd4db8432b..074b026617fe 100644
--- a/lang/zephir/distinfo
+++ b/lang/zephir/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1680613866
-SHA256 (zephir-0.17.0/zephir.phar) = d20d9e340b5b7c395b30a96101496e8139fb14ba478a5322f5e7a018a36ed373
-SIZE (zephir-0.17.0/zephir.phar) = 1661941
+TIMESTAMP = 1772813131
+SHA256 (zephir-0.19.0/zephir.phar) = 7a457cd768ccc71e0c05899fe77025357705b318c68c80e5da96a6ba86fb6296
+SIZE (zephir-0.19.0/zephir.phar) = 2570555