diff --git a/games/sdl-sopwith/Makefile b/games/sdl-sopwith/Makefile
index b6ec6de65a08..928799559d36 100644
--- a/games/sdl-sopwith/Makefile
+++ b/games/sdl-sopwith/Makefile
@@ -1,24 +1,25 @@
 PORTNAME=	sdl-sopwith
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	${PORTNAME}-
-DISTVERSION=	2.8.0
+DISTVERSION=	2.9.0
 CATEGORIES=	games
 
 MAINTAINER=	amdmi3@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Classic WW1 biplane game
 WWW=		https://github.com/fragglet/sdl-sopwith \
 		https://sdl-sopwith.sourceforge.net/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING.md
 
 USES=		autoreconf pkgconfig sdl
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	fragglet
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 GNU_CONFIGURE_MANPREFIX=	${PREFIX}/share
+CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--with-hiscores-path=
 USE_SDL=	sdl2
 
 PORTDOCS=	*
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/games/sdl-sopwith/distinfo b/games/sdl-sopwith/distinfo
index 2aff1ca32cdd..2cde2c252666 100644
--- a/games/sdl-sopwith/distinfo
+++ b/games/sdl-sopwith/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1742838688
-SHA256 (fragglet-sdl-sopwith-sdl-sopwith-2.8.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 7bbc98533607d395a390bdd55dae47b00c89986212089a3aa98b66a0dee4ac4e
-SIZE (fragglet-sdl-sopwith-sdl-sopwith-2.8.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 947024
+TIMESTAMP = 1767962682
+SHA256 (fragglet-sdl-sopwith-sdl-sopwith-2.9.0_GH0.tar.gz) = f46e3a4ad6a1cc9a8d1ced01bd29b6a0a46d64852bd97014194fc42ed049efa9
+SIZE (fragglet-sdl-sopwith-sdl-sopwith-2.9.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 952210