diff --git a/comms/minicom/Makefile b/comms/minicom/Makefile
index 48008945d8fa..7b60f36a7a7e 100644
--- a/comms/minicom/Makefile
+++ b/comms/minicom/Makefile
@@ -1,51 +1,45 @@
 PORTNAME=	minicom
-PORTVERSION=	2.8
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	2.9
 CATEGORIES=	comms
 
 MAINTAINER=	jailbird@fdf.net
 COMMENT=	MS-DOS Telix serial communication program "workalike"
 WWW=		https://salsa.debian.org/minicom-team/minicom/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	lrz:comms/lrzsz
 
 USES=		cpe iconv localbase ncurses
 CPE_VENDOR=	minicom_project
+USE_GITLAB=	yes
+GL_SITE=	https://salsa.debian.org/
+GL_ACCOUNT=	minicom-team
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
-GNU_CONFIGURE_MANPREFIX=${PREFIX}/share
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--enable-dfl-baud=57600 \
 		--enable-dfl-port=/dev/cuau0 \
 		--enable-lock-dir=/var/spool/lock \
 		--sysconfdir=${PREFIX}/etc/minicom
 LIBS+=		${ICONV_LIB} -lncurses
 
-USE_GITLAB=	yes
-GL_SITE=	https://salsa.debian.org/
-GL_ACCOUNT=	minicom-team
-GL_TAGNAME=	1fb24b4f8e22e5580da9e8d453d8e5c3a18aed6c
-
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		DOCS NLS
 OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
 NLS_USES=		gettext
 NLS_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	nls
 
 post-patch:
-	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s@/usr/local/bin/@${LOCALBASE}/bin/@; \
-		s@/sz@/lsz@;s@/sb@/lsb@;s@/sx@/lsx@;s@/rz@/lrz@; \
-		s@/rb@/lrb@;s@/rx@/lrx@" ${WRKSRC}/src/rwconf.c
+	${REINPLACE_CMD} -E 's,"([rs][bxz] ),"l\1,' ${WRKSRC}/src/rwconf.c
 
 post-install:
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}
 
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/AUTHORS ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}/
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/ChangeLog ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}/
 	(umask 022 && cd ${WRKSRC} && ${TAR} --exclude '*/Makefile*' \
 		 --exclude '*.orig' -chf - extras doc | ${TAR}  -xf - -C \
 		${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR})
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/comms/minicom/distinfo b/comms/minicom/distinfo
index 0d4d8d75230c..00f6d5abf06a 100644
--- a/comms/minicom/distinfo
+++ b/comms/minicom/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1609523155
-SHA256 (minicom-team-minicom-1fb24b4f8e22e5580da9e8d453d8e5c3a18aed6c_GL0.tar.gz) = adbc036bb1b1a54d4e6cc05d904feac46cd2238c87bf2944e5ea1d4415e4e30c
-SIZE (minicom-team-minicom-1fb24b4f8e22e5580da9e8d453d8e5c3a18aed6c_GL0.tar.gz) = 949296
+TIMESTAMP = 1695416936
+SHA256 (minicom-2.9.tar.bz2) = 9efbb6458140e5a0de445613f0e76bcf12cbf7a9892b2f53e075c2e7beaba86c
+SIZE (minicom-2.9.tar.bz2) = 681585
diff --git a/comms/minicom/pkg-plist b/comms/minicom/pkg-plist
index 278b7524bb86..0f51d3dbb2ef 100644
--- a/comms/minicom/pkg-plist
+++ b/comms/minicom/pkg-plist
@@ -1,73 +1,75 @@
 bin/minicom
 bin/xminicom
 bin/runscript
 bin/ascii-xfr
 @dir %%ETCDIR%%
 share/man/man1/minicom.1.gz
 share/man/man1/runscript.1.gz
 share/man/man1/ascii-xfr.1.gz
 share/man/man1/xminicom.1.gz
 %%NLS%%share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/minicom.mo
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/AUTHORS
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/ChangeLog
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/doc/Announce-1.78
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/doc/Announce-1.82
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/doc/Announce-1.82.1
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/doc/Announce-1.83
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/doc/COMPATABILITY.lrzsz
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/doc/ChangeLog.old
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/doc/HistSearch
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/doc/Locales
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/doc/Macros
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/doc/QuickStart.modemu
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/doc/README.lrzsz
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/doc/TODO.lrzsz
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/doc/Todo
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/doc/Todo.175
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/doc/Todo.Irix.dif
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/doc/Todo.emacskey.dif
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/doc/Todo.fsel
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/doc/copyright.modemu
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/doc/fselector.txt
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/doc/japanese
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/doc/minicom.FAQ
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/doc/minirc.dfl
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/doc/modemu.README
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/doc/pl-translation.txt
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/doc/portugues-brasil
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/doc/suomeksi
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/extras/htsalogin
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/extras/linux/INSTALL
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/extras/linux/README-FIRST
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/extras/linux/mtelnet
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/extras/saralogin
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/extras/scriptdemo
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/extras/tables/mc.iso
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/extras/tables/mc.noconv
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/extras/tables/mc.pc8
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/extras/tables/mc.sf7
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/extras/termcap/README
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/extras/termcap/termcap.long
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/extras/termcap/termcap.short
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/extras/terminfo/README
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/extras/terminfo/minicom
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/extras/unixlogin