diff --git a/games/exult-devel/Makefile b/games/exult-devel/Makefile
index c26852bcb068..7bd6baffd49a 100644
--- a/games/exult-devel/Makefile
+++ b/games/exult-devel/Makefile
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.9.0.20230322
+DISTVERSION=	1.9.0.20230415
 PORTREVISION=	0
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	-devel
 
 CONFLICTS_INSTALL=	exult
 
-LIB_DEPENDS=	libogg.so:audio/libogg \
-		libpng.so:graphics/png \
-		libvorbis.so:audio/libvorbis
-STUDIO_LIB_DEPENDS=	libfreetype.so:print/freetype2
+STUDIO_LIB_DEPENDS=	libharfbuzz.so:print/harfbuzz \
+			libicuuc.so:devel/icu
 
 MASTERDIR=	${.CURDIR}/../exult
 DISTINFO_FILE=	${.CURDIR}/distinfo
 
 .include "${MASTERDIR}/Makefile"
diff --git a/games/exult-devel/distinfo b/games/exult-devel/distinfo
index 805e8e0db159..a9cc49c14bbc 100644
--- a/games/exult-devel/distinfo
+++ b/games/exult-devel/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1679491873
-SHA256 (exult-exult-v1.9.0.20230322-snapshot-v1.9.0.20230322_GH0.tar.gz) = b5f8022193f56d5c4ffaf2d8491463b17de3b36e88eb4d737e957316da2f14c4
-SIZE (exult-exult-v1.9.0.20230322-snapshot-v1.9.0.20230322_GH0.tar.gz) = 19304596
+TIMESTAMP = 1681648099
+SHA256 (exult-exult-v1.9.0.20230415-snapshot-v1.9.0.20230415_GH0.tar.gz) = b3c6fcbf3a17bb9cd0d73c72e613562eb340bd050b589bf51350a03c2e204314
+SIZE (exult-exult-v1.9.0.20230415-snapshot-v1.9.0.20230415_GH0.tar.gz) = 19304789
diff --git a/games/exult/Makefile b/games/exult/Makefile
index 4a540f98c694..904f2a6f5ed4 100644
--- a/games/exult/Makefile
+++ b/games/exult/Makefile
@@ -1,85 +1,85 @@
 PORTNAME=	exult
 DISTVERSION?=	1.8
 PORTREVISION?=	2
 PORTEPOCH=	1
 CATEGORIES=	games
 
 MAINTAINER=	eduardo@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Engine for Ultima VII (BG, FOV, SI, SS)
 WWW=		http://exult.info
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
-LIB_DEPENDS?=	libfreetype.so:print/freetype2 \
+LIB_DEPENDS=	libfreetype.so:print/freetype2 \
 		libogg.so:audio/libogg \
 		libpng.so:graphics/png \
 		libvorbis.so:audio/libvorbis
 
 USES=		autoreconf compiler:c++17-lang gmake libtool localbase \
 		pkgconfig sdl xorg
 
 USE_GNOME=	cairo gdkpixbuf2 glib20 gtk30
 USE_SDL=	mixer2 sdl2
 USE_XORG=	x11 xext
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--disable-static \
 		--enable-shared \
 		--with-icondir=${PREFIX}/share/pixmaps
 
 CONFLICTS_INSTALL=	exult-devel
 SUB_FILES=		pkg-message
 PLIST?=			${.CURDIR}/pkg-plist
 
 .if !defined(MASTERDIR)
 MASTER_SITES=	http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/exult/
 EXTRA_PATCHES=	${PATCHDIR}/extra-patch-version.cc \
 		${PATCHDIR}/extra-patch-configure.ac
 .else
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_TAGNAME=	snapshot-${DISTVERSIONPREFIX}${DISTVERSION}
 .endif
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		ALSA DEBUG DOCS FLUIDSYNTH GIMP STUDIO
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	STUDIO
 OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
 
 GIMP_DESC=	GIMP plugin support
 STUDIO_DESC=	Install Exult Studio
 
 ALSA_LIB_DEPENDS=	libasound.so:audio/alsa-lib
 ALSA_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	alsa
 
 DEBUG_CONFIGURE_ON=	--with-debug=full \
 			--with-optimization=none
 DEBUG_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--with-debug=no
 
 FLUIDSYNTH_LIB_DEPENDS=		libfluidsynth.so:audio/fluidsynth
 FLUIDSYNTH_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	fluidsynth
 
 GIMP_LIB_DEPENDS=	libbabl-0.1.so:x11/babl \
 			libfontconfig.so:x11-fonts/fontconfig \
 			libgegl-0.4.so:graphics/gegl \
 			libgegl-npd-0.4.so:graphics/gegl \
 			libgimp-2.0.so:graphics/gimp-app \
 			libharfbuzz.so:print/harfbuzz \
 			libjson-glib-1.0.so:devel/json-glib
 GIMP_USES=		gnome
 GIMP_USE=		GNOME=gtk20 \
 			pango
 GIMP_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	gimp-plugin
 
-STUDIO_LIB_DEPENDS=		libharfbuzz.so:print/harfbuzz
+STUDIO_LIB_DEPENDS?=		libharfbuzz.so:print/harfbuzz
 STUDIO_USES=			gnome
 STUDIO_USE=			GNOME=libglade2
 STUDIO_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	exult-studio exult-studio-support
 
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 .for i in FAQ NEWS README
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/${i} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 .endfor
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>