diff --git a/graphics/cairo/Makefile b/graphics/cairo/Makefile
--- a/graphics/cairo/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/cairo/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 # Created by: Michael Johnson <ahze@FreeBSD.org>
 
 PORTNAME=	cairo
-PORTVERSION=	1.16.0 # update to 1.17.2 causes problems, see bug#249290
+DISTVERSION=	1.17.4
 PORTEPOCH=	3
-PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	graphics
-MASTER_SITES=	http://cairographics.org/releases/ \
-		http://cairographics.org/snapshots/
+MASTER_SITES=	https://cairographics.org/releases/ \
+		https://cairographics.org/snapshots/
+
+PATCH_SITES=	https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/commit/
+PATCHFILES=	ebbaebdec12878836fc84d31c59ee324e67abc05.patch:-p1 # cairo-script-interpreter.pc
 
 MAINTAINER=	desktop@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Vector graphics library with cross-device output support
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@
 
 PORTSCOUT=	skipv:5c-1.1,5c-1.2,5c-1.5
 
-USES=		cpe gnome libtool pathfix pkgconfig tar:xz xorg
+USES=		autoreconf cpe gnome libtool pathfix pkgconfig tar:xz xorg
 CPE_VENDOR=	cairographics
 USE_XORG=	pixman
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@
 MIPS_USES=	localbase
 MIPS_CONFIGURE_ENV=	cairo_cv_atomic_primitives="libatomic-ops"
 
-PLIST_SUB+=	LIBVER=2.11600.0
+PLIST_SUB+=	LIBVER=2.11704.0
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/strings/s/ - / -a /' \
diff --git a/graphics/cairo/distinfo b/graphics/cairo/distinfo
--- a/graphics/cairo/distinfo
+++ b/graphics/cairo/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1542402739
-SHA256 (cairo-1.16.0.tar.xz) = 5e7b29b3f113ef870d1e3ecf8adf21f923396401604bda16d44be45e66052331
-SIZE (cairo-1.16.0.tar.xz) = 41997432
+TIMESTAMP = 1618524411
+SHA256 (cairo-1.17.4.tar.xz) = 74b24c1ed436bbe87499179a3b27c43f4143b8676d8ad237a6fa787401959705
+SIZE (cairo-1.17.4.tar.xz) = 41834076
+SHA256 (ebbaebdec12878836fc84d31c59ee324e67abc05.patch) = 8b8f19ed74def2d663942fe596206ae21e4186fddf5c51097cb31ab6941cc6c8
+SIZE (ebbaebdec12878836fc84d31c59ee324e67abc05.patch) = 4272
diff --git a/graphics/cairo/pkg-plist b/graphics/cairo/pkg-plist
--- a/graphics/cairo/pkg-plist
+++ b/graphics/cairo/pkg-plist
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-%%GLIB%%bin/cairo-sphinx
 bin/cairo-trace
 include/cairo/cairo-deprecated.h
 include/cairo/cairo-features.h
@@ -18,8 +17,6 @@
 include/cairo/cairo.h
 lib/cairo/cairo-fdr.a
 lib/cairo/cairo-fdr.so
-%%GLIB%%lib/cairo/cairo-sphinx.a
-%%GLIB%%lib/cairo/cairo-sphinx.so
 lib/cairo/libcairo-trace.a
 lib/cairo/libcairo-trace.so
 %%GLIB%%lib/libcairo-gobject.a
@@ -45,6 +42,7 @@
 libdata/pkgconfig/cairo-png.pc
 libdata/pkgconfig/cairo-ps.pc
 libdata/pkgconfig/cairo-script.pc
+libdata/pkgconfig/cairo-script-interpreter.pc
 libdata/pkgconfig/cairo-svg.pc
 libdata/pkgconfig/cairo-tee.pc
 %%XCB%%libdata/pkgconfig/cairo-xcb-shm.pc