diff --git a/science/mmg/Makefile b/science/mmg/Makefile
--- a/science/mmg/Makefile
+++ b/science/mmg/Makefile
@@ -1,27 +1,28 @@
 PORTNAME=	mmg
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	5.7.3
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	5.8.0
 CATEGORIES=	science
 
-MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
+MAINTAINER=	alven@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Bidimensional and tridimensional remeshing
-WWW=		https://www.mmgtools.org/
+WWW=		https://www.mmgtools.org/ \
+		https://github.com/MmgTools/mmg/
 
-LICENSE=	LGPL3
-LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
+LICENSE=	LGPL3+
+LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING.LESSER
 
-LIB_DEPENDS=	libscotch.so:cad/scotch	\
-		libElas.so:science/linearelasticity \
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	bash:shells/bash
+LIB_DEPENDS=	libElas.so:science/linearelasticity \
+		libscotch.so:cad/scotch \
 		libvtksys-${VTK_VER}.so:math/vtk${VTK_VER:R}
 
 USES=		cmake perl5 shebangfix
-USE_PERL5=	build
-SHEBANG_FILES=	scripts/*.pl
-USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
-
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	MmgTools
+USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
+USE_PERL5=	build
+
+SHEBANG_FILES=	scripts/*.pl scripts/*.sh
 
 CMAKE_ON=	BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
 
diff --git a/science/mmg/distinfo b/science/mmg/distinfo
--- a/science/mmg/distinfo
+++ b/science/mmg/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1718986408
-SHA256 (MmgTools-mmg-v5.7.3_GH0.tar.gz) = b0a9c5ad6789df369a68f94295df5b324b6348020b73bcc395d32fdd44abe706
-SIZE (MmgTools-mmg-v5.7.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 9645997
+TIMESTAMP = 1762284434
+SHA256 (MmgTools-mmg-v5.8.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 686eaab84de79c072f3aedf26cd11ced44c84b435d51ce34e016ad203172922f
+SIZE (MmgTools-mmg-v5.8.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 9675000
diff --git a/science/mmg/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt b/science/mmg/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/science/mmg/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
---- CMakeLists.txt.orig	2024-04-25 08:15:24 UTC
-+++ CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -124,10 +124,7 @@ IF (NOT WIN32 OR MINGW)
- IF (NOT WIN32 OR MINGW)
- 
-   ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(GenerateGitHashMmg
--    COMMAND ./git_log_mmg.sh ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} ${MMGCOMMON_BINARY_DIR}
--    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/
--    COMMENT "Getting git commit hash"
--    BYPRODUCTS ${MMGCOMMON_BINARY_DIR}/git_log_mmg.h
-+    COMMAND cp ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/git_log_mmg.h ${MMGCOMMON_BINARY_DIR}/git_log_mmg.h
-   )
- ENDIF ()
- 
diff --git a/science/mmg/files/patch-git__log__mmg.h b/science/mmg/files/patch-git__log__mmg.h
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/science/mmg/files/patch-git__log__mmg.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
---- git_log_mmg.h.orig	2024-06-23 16:47:08 UTC
-+++ git_log_mmg.h
-@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
-+#ifndef _GIT_LOG_MMG_H
-+#define _GIT_LOG_MMG_H
-+#define MMG_GIT_BRANCH "No git branch found"
-+#define MMG_GIT_COMMIT "No git commit found"
-+#define MMG_GIT_DATE   "No git commit found"
-+#endif
diff --git a/science/mmg/pkg-descr b/science/mmg/pkg-descr
--- a/science/mmg/pkg-descr
+++ b/science/mmg/pkg-descr
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Mmg is an open source software for simplicial remeshing. It provides 3
-applications and 4 libraries:
+Mmg is a Free Software for bidimensional and tridimensional surface and volume
+remeshing. It provides 3 applications and 4 libraries:
 
 - the mmg2d application and the libmmg2d library: adaptation and optimization of
   a two-dimensional triangulation and generation of a triangulation from a set
diff --git a/science/mmg/pkg-plist b/science/mmg/pkg-plist
--- a/science/mmg/pkg-plist
+++ b/science/mmg/pkg-plist
@@ -26,16 +26,16 @@
 lib/cmake/mmg/mmgConfig.cmake
 lib/libmmg.so
 lib/libmmg.so.5
-lib/libmmg.so.5.7.0
+lib/libmmg.so.5.8.0
 lib/libmmg2d.so
 lib/libmmg2d.so.5
-lib/libmmg2d.so.5.7.0
+lib/libmmg2d.so.5.8.0
 lib/libmmg3d.so
 lib/libmmg3d.so.5
-lib/libmmg3d.so.5.7.0
+lib/libmmg3d.so.5.8.0
 lib/libmmgs.so
 lib/libmmgs.so.5
-lib/libmmgs.so.5.7.0
+lib/libmmgs.so.5.8.0
 share/man/man1/mmg2d.1.gz
 share/man/man1/mmg3d.1.gz
 share/man/man1/mmgs.1.gz