diff --git a/sysutils/bfs/Makefile b/sysutils/bfs/Makefile
index f9bbdb200331..edcf0e97a389 100644
--- a/sysutils/bfs/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/bfs/Makefile
@@ -1,32 +1,32 @@
 PORTNAME=	bfs
-DISTVERSION=	2.6.3
+DISTVERSION=	3.0
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 
 MAINTAINER=	driesm@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Breadth-first version of the UNIX find command
 WWW=		https://github.com/tavianator/bfs
 
 LICENSE=	BSD0CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	bash:shells/bash
 TEST_DEPENDS=	bash:shells/bash
 
-USES=		compiler:c11 gmake shebangfix
+USES=		compiler:c++17-lang gmake shebangfix
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	tavianator
 
 TEST_TARGET=	check
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		ONIGURUMA
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	ONIGURUMA
 
 ONIGURUMA_DESC=		Oniguruma regular expression support
 
 ONIGURUMA_LIB_DEPENDS=		libonig.so:devel/oniguruma
 ONIGURUMA_MAKE_ARGS_OFF=	WITH_ONIGURUMA=
 
 post-install:
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/bfs
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/bfs/distinfo b/sysutils/bfs/distinfo
index faa979328455..603b11bc6ae2 100644
--- a/sysutils/bfs/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/bfs/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1675431282
-SHA256 (tavianator-bfs-2.6.3_GH0.tar.gz) = b88b7d8f8c5f701209fd2967546ad154c405281749ad458bc116b40da14b98f6
-SIZE (tavianator-bfs-2.6.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 175876
+TIMESTAMP = 1689358174
+SHA256 (tavianator-bfs-3.0_GH0.tar.gz) = d367494a2fb02df16067536a44c36560e161681a38d29b49f5d599bd9b3d2651
+SIZE (tavianator-bfs-3.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 200243