diff --git a/textproc/source-highlight/files/patch-lib_tests_stdboosterror.h b/textproc/source-highlight/files/patch-lib_tests_stdboosterror.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d6c52e70e63e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/source-highlight/files/patch-lib_tests_stdboosterror.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- lib/tests/stdboosterror.h.orig	2019-06-02 15:22:17 UTC
++++ lib/tests/stdboosterror.h
+@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ static boost::regex_error
+ #include <boost/regex/pattern_except.hpp>
+ 
+ static boost::regex_error
+-        std_boost_exception(boost::regex_error(boost::regex_constants::error_bad_pattern));
++        std_boost_exception{boost::regex_error(boost::regex_constants::error_bad_pattern)};
+ 
+ /**
+  * returns the string representing a standard exception (which
diff --git a/textproc/source-highlight/files/patch-lib_tests_test__wordtokenizer__main.cpp b/textproc/source-highlight/files/patch-lib_tests_test__wordtokenizer__main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f56001ece7a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/source-highlight/files/patch-lib_tests_test__wordtokenizer__main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- lib/tests/test_wordtokenizer_main.cpp.orig	2018-10-09 17:21:21 UTC
++++ lib/tests/test_wordtokenizer_main.cpp
+@@ -3,15 +3,16 @@
+ #endif
+ 
+ #include <iostream>
+-
+-#include "asserttestexit.h"
+ #include "srchilite/wordtokenizer.h"
+-#include "srchilite/tostringcollection.h"
+ 
+ using namespace std;
+ using namespace srchilite;
+ 
+ static ostream &operator <<(ostream &os, const WordTokenizer::WordTokenizerResults::value_type &);
++
++#include "asserttestexit.h"
++#include "srchilite/tostringcollection.h"
++
+ 
+ ostream &operator <<(ostream &os, const WordTokenizer::WordTokenizerResults::value_type &token) {
+     if (token.first.size()) {
diff --git a/textproc/source-highlight/files/patch-tests_Makefile.in b/textproc/source-highlight/files/patch-tests_Makefile.in
index 956ceeb09c5b..f798822f22bb 100644
--- a/textproc/source-highlight/files/patch-tests_Makefile.in
+++ b/textproc/source-highlight/files/patch-tests_Makefile.in
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
---- tests/Makefile.in.orig	2016-08-25 16:54:10 UTC
+--- tests/Makefile.in.orig	2024-04-23 17:29:34 UTC
 +++ tests/Makefile.in
-@@ -2108,7 +2108,7 @@ check_defaults:
+@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
+ 
+ @SET_MAKE@
+ 
++.NOTPARALLEL: # some of the java-related tests can't run in parallel
++
+ # Copyright (C) 1999-2008 Lorenzo Bettini <http://www.lorenzobettini.it>
+ #  
+ # This file is free software; as a special exception the author gives
+@@ -2240,7 +2242,7 @@ check_defaults:
  @NO_CTAGS_FALSE@	sed -itesttmp -e 's/\_tmp\.h/\.h/g' test_refs_tmp.h.html test_refs_tmp.cpp.html
  @NO_CTAGS_FALSE@	sed -itesttmp -e 's/\_tmp\.cpp/\.cpp/g' test_refs_tmp.h.html test_refs_tmp.cpp.html
  @NO_CTAGS_FALSE@	$(CPP2LATEX_WREFS) -i $(srcdir)/test.h -o test_ref.out.tex $(CTAGS_COMMAND_TMP)
 -@NO_CTAGS_FALSE@	sed -itesttmp -r 's/([.\/[:alnum:]]+)\/(test\.h\:[[:alnum:]\._]+)/\2/g' test_ref.out.tex # eliminate leading paths
 +@NO_CTAGS_FALSE@	sed -itesttmp -E 's/([.\/[:alnum:]]+)\/(test\.h\:[[:alnum:]\._]+)/\2/g' test_ref.out.tex # eliminate leading paths
  @NO_CTAGS_FALSE@	$(CPP2LATEX_WREFSPOST) -i $(srcdir)/test.h -o test_ref_post.out.tex $(CTAGS_COMMAND_TMP)
  @NO_CTAGS_FALSE@	sed -itesttmp -f $(srcdir)/erasedir3.sed test_ref_post.out.tex # eliminate leading paths
  @NO_CTAGS_FALSE@	$(CPP2TEXINFO_WREFS) -i $(srcdir)/test.h -o test_ref.out.texinfo $(CTAGS_COMMAND_TMP)