diff --git a/net/libsockpp/Makefile b/net/libsockpp/Makefile
index 96440fe7e9e4..d392e8895a7f 100644
--- a/net/libsockpp/Makefile
+++ b/net/libsockpp/Makefile
@@ -1,57 +1,53 @@
 PORTNAME=	libsockpp
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	0.8.2
+DISTVERSION=	0.8.3
 CATEGORIES=	net devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	peter@flytrace.com
 COMMENT=	Simple, modern, C++ socket library
 WWW=		https://github.com/fpagliughi/sockpp
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		cmake compiler:c++14-lang
 
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	fpagliughi
 GH_PROJECT=	sockpp
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		DOCS EXAMPLES STATIC TEST
-OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	EXAMPLES
+OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	EXAMPLES STATIC
 
 DOCS_DESC=	Create and install the HTML based API documentation (requires Doxygen)
 STATIC_DESC=	Build the static library
 EXAMPLES_DESC=	Build example programs
 TEST_DESC=	Build the unit tests (requires Catch2)
 
 STATIC_CMAKE_BOOL=	SOCKPP_BUILD_STATIC
 EXAMPLES_CMAKE_BOOL=	SOCKPP_BUILD_EXAMPLES
 TEST_BUILD_DEPENDS=	catch2>0:devel/catch2
 TEST_CMAKE_BOOL=	SOCKPP_BUILD_TESTS
 
 OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
 EXAMPLES_TO_REMOVE=	tcp6echo \
 			tcp6echosvr \
 			tcpecho \
 			tcpechomt \
 			tcpechosvr \
 			tcpechotest \
 			udp6echo \
 			udpecho \
 			udpechosvr \
 			undgramecho \
 			undgramechosvr \
 			unecho \
 			unechosvr \
 			unechotest
 
-post-patch:
-	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|#include "catch2/catch.hpp"|#include "catch2/catch_all.hpp"|' \
-		${WRKSRC}/tests/unit/*.cpp
-
 post-install:
 	cd ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin && ${RM} ${EXAMPLES_TO_REMOVE}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net/libsockpp/distinfo b/net/libsockpp/distinfo
index f90a05f6dea2..717373a94d5f 100644
--- a/net/libsockpp/distinfo
+++ b/net/libsockpp/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1701899962
-SHA256 (fpagliughi-sockpp-v0.8.2_GH0.tar.gz) = cf012d6553d165976ad3f3108c332300b1f69b690a444a043883879c68e1966b
-SIZE (fpagliughi-sockpp-v0.8.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 114258
+TIMESTAMP = 1702498061
+SHA256 (fpagliughi-sockpp-v0.8.3_GH0.tar.gz) = dcacfae173ae4a1e535078d3023d338c3eb170193fe1b82bc04138e9c02470ef
+SIZE (fpagliughi-sockpp-v0.8.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 115393
diff --git a/net/libsockpp/pkg-plist b/net/libsockpp/pkg-plist
index 287471dc8026..3c95fae59d19 100644
--- a/net/libsockpp/pkg-plist
+++ b/net/libsockpp/pkg-plist
@@ -1,36 +1,36 @@
 include/sockpp/acceptor.h
 include/sockpp/can_address.h
 include/sockpp/can_frame.h
 include/sockpp/can_socket.h
 include/sockpp/connector.h
 include/sockpp/datagram_socket.h
 include/sockpp/exception.h
 include/sockpp/inet6_address.h
 include/sockpp/inet_address.h
 include/sockpp/platform.h
 include/sockpp/result.h
 include/sockpp/sock_address.h
 include/sockpp/socket.h
 include/sockpp/stream_socket.h
 include/sockpp/tcp6_acceptor.h
 include/sockpp/tcp6_connector.h
 include/sockpp/tcp6_socket.h
 include/sockpp/tcp_acceptor.h
 include/sockpp/tcp_connector.h
 include/sockpp/tcp_socket.h
 include/sockpp/udp6_socket.h
 include/sockpp/udp_socket.h
 include/sockpp/unix_acceptor.h
 include/sockpp/unix_address.h
 include/sockpp/unix_connector.h
 include/sockpp/unix_dgram_socket.h
 include/sockpp/unix_stream_socket.h
 include/sockpp/version.h
 lib/cmake/sockpp/sockppConfig.cmake
 lib/cmake/sockpp/sockppConfigVersion.cmake
 lib/cmake/sockpp/sockppTargets-%%CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE%%.cmake
 lib/cmake/sockpp/sockppTargets.cmake
 %%STATIC%%lib/libsockpp.a
 lib/libsockpp.so
 lib/libsockpp.so.0
-lib/libsockpp.so.0.8.2
+lib/libsockpp.so.0.8.3