diff --git a/Mk/Uses/ghostscript.mk b/Mk/Uses/ghostscript.mk
--- a/Mk/Uses/ghostscript.mk
+++ b/Mk/Uses/ghostscript.mk
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 # Valid ARGS:	<version>, build, lib, run, test, x11
 #
 # version 	The chooseable versions are 9, agpl and 10. If no version is
-#		specified version agpl is selected. 9 and agpl are synonymous.
+#		specified version 10 is selected. 9 and agpl are synonymous.
 #
-#		USES=ghostscript:9	# Use Ghostscript 9
-#		USES=ghostscript:run	# Use the set default Ghostscript as a run dependency
-#		USES=ghostscript:9,build # Use ghostscript 9 as a build dependency.
+#		USES=ghostscript:10	    # Use Ghostscript 10
+#		USES=ghostscript:run	# Use to set default Ghostscript as a run dependency
+#		USES=ghostscript:9,build # Use Ghostscript 9 as a build dependency.
 #
 # build		Ghostscript is used as BUILD_DEPENDS
 # lib		Ghostscript is used as LIB_DEPENDS
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 
 # Resolve minor version number for X11.so library.
 .  if !empty(_GS_SELECTED:M10)
-_GS_VERSION_MINOR=	10.01.2
+_GS_VERSION_MINOR=	10.02.0
 .  elif !empty(_GS_SELECTED:M9-agpl)
 _GS_VERSION_MINOR=	9.56.1
 .  endif
diff --git a/Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk b/Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk
--- a/Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk
+++ b/Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 GCC_DEFAULT?=		12
 .  endif
 # Possible values: 9, agpl, 10
-GHOSTSCRIPT_DEFAULT?=	agpl
+GHOSTSCRIPT_DEFAULT?=	10
 # Possible values: mesa-libs, mesa-devel
 GL_DEFAULT?=		mesa-libs
 # Possible values: 1.19, 1.20, 1.21, 1.22-devel
diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -5,6 +5,27 @@
 You should get into the habit of checking this file for changes each time
 you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades.
 
+20231027:
+  AFFECTS: users of print/ghostscript9*
+  AUTHOR: michaelo@FreeBSD.org
+
+  The default ghostscript version has been updated from 9 to 10.
+
+  If you compile your own ports you may keep 9 as the default version by
+  adding the following lines to your /etc/make.conf file:
+
+  #
+  # Keep ghostscript 9 as default version
+  #
+  DEFAULT_VERSIONS+=ghostscript=9
+
+  If you wish to update to the new default version, you need to first stop any
+  software that uses ghostscript. Then, you will need to follow these steps,
+  depending upon how you manage your system.
+
+  Please note that print/ghostcript9* will be removed in the future since it is
+  not supported by upstream anymore.
+
 20231017:
   AFFECTS: users of lang/perl5*
   AUTHOR: delphij@FreeBSD.org