diff --git a/comms/redsea/Makefile b/comms/redsea/Makefile
index a07d7454d534..42c6c2ea2aca 100644
--- a/comms/redsea/Makefile
+++ b/comms/redsea/Makefile
@@ -1,35 +1,35 @@
 PORTNAME=	redsea
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	0.21
+DISTVERSION=	1.2.0
 CATEGORIES=	comms
 
 MAINTAINER=	morrand276@gmail.com
 COMMENT=	Lightweight command-line FM-RDS decoder
 WWW=		https://github.com/windytan/redsea/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-LIB_DEPENDS=	libsndfile.so:audio/libsndfile
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/include/nlohmann/json.hpp:devel/nlohmann-json
+LIB_DEPENDS=	libsndfile.so:audio/libsndfile \
+		libliquid.so:comms/liquid-dsp
 
-USES=	autoreconf:build compiler:c++14-lang iconv localbase:ldflags
+USES=		compiler:c++14-lang iconv localbase:ldflags meson ninja pkgconfig
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	windytan
 
-GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
-PLIST_FILES=	bin/redsea ${DOCSDIR}/README.md
+PLIST_FILES=	bin/redsea
+PORTDOCS=	CHANGES.md CONTRIBUTING.md README.md
 
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=		DEMOD TMC
-OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	DEMOD TMC
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=		DOCS TEST
+TEST_DESC=		Build redsea_test in working directory
+TEST_BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/include/catch2/catch_test_macros.hpp:devel/catch2
+TEST_MESON_TRUE=	build_tests
 
-DEMOD_DESC=	Demodulation support via comms/liquid-dsp
-TMC_DESC=	Decoding support for TMC traffic messages (may slow building)
-
-DEMOD_CONFIGURE_WITH=	liquid
-DEMOD_LIB_DEPENDS=	libliquid.so:comms/liquid-dsp
-TMC_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	tmc
-
-pre-configure:
-	@cd ${WRKSRC} && ${AUTORECONF} -i
+post-install-DOCS-on:
+	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
+.for doc in ${PORTDOCS}
+	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/${doc} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
+.endfor
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/comms/redsea/distinfo b/comms/redsea/distinfo
index 0f25e28cb8db..3df198c38816 100644
--- a/comms/redsea/distinfo
+++ b/comms/redsea/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1706370704
-SHA256 (windytan-redsea-v0.21_GH0.tar.gz) = c0e72457b54b37b7a1a7dce71abb076b963f8510c1e6066610963283beac536e
-SIZE (windytan-redsea-v0.21_GH0.tar.gz) = 132027
+TIMESTAMP = 1745460440
+SHA256 (windytan-redsea-v1.2.0_GH0.tar.gz) = eebe3b63b2348b724145916f858bd187462d78ef7e55af1b913bc1474b374a57
+SIZE (windytan-redsea-v1.2.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 112328