diff --git a/emulators/qemu-devel/Makefile b/emulators/qemu-devel/Makefile
index cd0e79fe7c51..f2e3e39e7e8f 100644
--- a/emulators/qemu-devel/Makefile
+++ b/emulators/qemu-devel/Makefile
@@ -1,165 +1,166 @@
 PORTNAME=	qemu
-DISTVERSION=	8.3.0.20240126
+DISTVERSION=	8.3.0.20240229
 CATEGORIES=	emulators
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	-devel
 DIST_SUBDIR=	qemu/${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	bofh@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	QEMU CPU Emulator - development version
 WWW=		https://www.qemu.org/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
 ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=	amd64 i386 powerpc powerpc64 powerpc64 powerpc64le
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	sphinx-build:textproc/py-sphinx \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sphinx_rtd_theme>0:textproc/py-sphinx_rtd_theme@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		bash:shells/bash
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libepoxy.so:graphics/libepoxy \
+		libinotify.so:devel/libinotify \
 		libzstd.so:archivers/zstd
 
-USES=		bison compiler:c11 cpe gmake gnome iconv:wchar_t ninja perl5 \
-		pkgconfig python:build shebangfix tar:xz xorg
+USES=		bison compiler:c11 cpe gmake gnome iconv:wchar_t localbase:ldflags \
+		ninja perl5 pkgconfig python:build shebangfix tar:xz xorg
 USE_GITLAB=	yes
 GL_ACCOUNT=	qemu-project
-GL_TAGNAME=	7a1dc45af581d2b643cdbf33c01fd96271616fbd
+GL_TAGNAME=	ff202817dc2b0b3b42992fa7f1ce503f081068fe
 GL_TUPLE=	qemu-project:keycodemapdb:f5772a62ec52591ff6870b7e8ef32482371f22c6:keycodemapdb/subprojects/keycodemapdb \
 		qemu-project:dtc:b6910bec11614980a21e46fbccc35934b671bd81:dtc/subprojects/dtc \
 		qemu-project:libvfio-user:0b28d205572c80b568a1003db2c8f37ca333e4d7:libvfio/subprojects/libvfio-user \
-		qemu-project:meson:314d9f0c74b34905f1ebb697d1374f078ea32854:meson/meson \
+		qemu-project:meson:aee941559c4b88a062e88186819a820c69c200ae:meson/meson \
 		qemu-project:berkeley-softfloat-3:b64af41c3276f97f0e181920400ee056b9c88037:berkeleysoftfloat3/subprojects/berkeley-softfloat-3 \
 		qemu-project:berkeley-testfloat-3:e7af9751d9f9fd3b47911f51a5cfd08af256a9ab:berkeleytestfloat3/subprojects/berkeley-testfloat-3
 USE_GNOME=	cairo glib20
 USE_PERL5=	build
 USE_PYTHON=	distutils noflavors
 USE_XORG=	pixman
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	scripts/xml-preprocess.py
 
 HAS_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--localstatedir=/var --mandir=share/man --extra-ldflags=-L\"/usr/lib\" \
 		--extra-ldflags=-L\"${LOCALBASE}/lib\" --enable-debug \
 		--prefix=${PREFIX} --cc=${CC} --enable-netmap --disable-kvm \
 		--disable-linux-user --disable-linux-aio --disable-xen \
 		--enable-debug-info --python=${PYTHON_CMD} --disable-guest-agent \
 		--extra-cflags=-I${WRKSRC}\ -I${LOCALBASE}/include\ -DPREFIX=\\\"\"${PREFIX}\\\"\"
 
 CFLAGS:=	${CFLAGS:C/-fno-tree-vrp//}
 WITHOUT_CPU_CFLAGS=yes	#to avoid problems with register allocation
 
 PORTDOCS=	.buildinfo _static/* about/* dbus-dbusindex.html devel/* \
 			docs genindex.html index.html interop/* objects.inv \
 			search.html searchindex.js specs/* system/* tools/* user/*
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	SAMBA X11 GTK3 OPENGL GNUTLS SASL JPEG PNG CURL VDE \
 		CDROM_DMA USBREDIR X86_TARGETS STATIC_LINK DOCS CAPSTONE
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=X11 GTK3 OPENGL GNUTLS SASL JPEG PNG CDROM_DMA CURL NCURSES_DEFAULT VDE \
 		CAPSTONE
 OPTIONS_SINGLE=	NCURSES
 OPTIONS_SINGLE_NCURSES=	NCURSES_DEFAULT NCURSES_BASE NCURSES_PORT
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 
 CAPSTONE_DESC=		Disassembly framework support
 CDROM_DMA_DESC=		IDE CDROM DMA
 GNUTLS_DESC=		gnutls dependency (vnc encryption)
 JPEG_DESC=		jpeg dependency (vnc lossy compression)
 NCURSES_BASE_DESC=	Depend on ncurses in base
 NCURSES_DEFAULT_DESC=	Depend on ncurses (ports if installed, otherwise base)
 NCURSES_PORT_DESC=	Depend on devel/ncurses in ports
 PNG_DESC=		png dependency (vnc compression)
 SAMBA_DESC=		samba dependency (for -smb)
 SASL_DESC=		cyrus-sasl dependency (vnc encryption)
 STATIC_LINK_DESC=	Statically link the executables
 USBREDIR_DESC=		usb device network redirection (experimental!)
 VDE_DESC=		vde dependency (for vde networking)
 X86_TARGETS_DESC=	Build only x86 system targets
 
 CAPSTONE_LIB_DEPENDS=	libcapstone.so:devel/capstone
 CAPSTONE_CONFIGURE_ON=	--enable-capstone --extra-cflags=-I${LOCALBASE}/include/capstone
 CAPSTONE_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--disable-capstone
 CURL_LIB_DEPENDS=	libcurl.so:ftp/curl
 CURL_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--disable-curl
 DOCS_USES=		makeinfo
 DOCS_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	docs
 GNUTLS_LIB_DEPENDS=	libgnutls.so:security/gnutls
 GNUTLS_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--disable-gnutls
 GTK3_LIB_DEPENDS=	libxkbcommon.so:x11/libxkbcommon
 GTK3_USES=	gettext gl
 GTK3_USE=	GNOME=gdkpixbuf2,vte3 XORG=x11,xext
 GTK3_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--disable-gtk --disable-vte
 JPEG_USES=		jpeg
 JPEG_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--disable-vnc-jpeg
 NCURSES_BASE_USES=	ncurses:base
 NCURSES_DEFAULT_USES=	ncurses
 NCURSES_PORT_USES=	ncurses:port
 OPENGL_USES=	gl
 OPENGL_USE=	GL=gbm
 OPENGL_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--disable-opengl
 PNG_LIB_DEPENDS=	libpng16.so:graphics/png
 PNG_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--disable-vnc-png
 SAMBA_USES=		samba:run # smbd
 SAMBA_CONFIGURE_ON=	--smbd=${LOCALBASE}/sbin/smbd
 SASL_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--disable-vnc-sasl
 STATIC_LINK_PREVENTS=		GTK3 X11
 STATIC_LINK_PREVENTS_MSG=	X11 ui cannot be built static
 STATIC_LINK_CONFIGURE_ON=	--static
 USBREDIR_BUILD_DEPENDS=	usbredir>=0.6:net/usbredir
 USBREDIR_RUN_DEPENDS=	usbredir>=0.6:net/usbredir
 USBREDIR_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--disable-usb-redir
 VDE_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--disable-vde
 X11_USES=	sdl
 X11_USE=	SDL=sdl2 XORG=x11,xext GNOME=gdkpixbuf2
 X11_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	sdl
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 .if !defined(STRIP) || ${STRIP} == ""
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--disable-strip
 .endif
 
 .if ${ARCH} == "amd64"
 MAKE_ARGS+=	ARCH=x86_64
 .endif
 
 .if ${ARCH} == "powerpc"
 CFLAGS+=	-D_CALL_SYSV
 MAKE_ARGS+=	ARCH=ppc
 USE_GCC=	yes
 .endif
 
 .if ${ARCH:Mpowerpc64*}
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--disable-bsd-user
 MAKE_ARGS+=	ARCH=ppc64
 PLIST_SUB+=	BSDUSER="@comment "
 .else
 PLIST_SUB+=	BSDUSER=""
 .endif
 
 PLIST_SUB+=	LINUXBOOT_DMA=""
 
 post-extract:
 	${CP} ${WRKSRC}/subprojects/packagefiles/berkeley-softfloat-3/* \
 		${WRKSRC}/subprojects/berkeley-softfloat-3/
 	${CP} ${WRKSRC}/subprojects/packagefiles/berkeley-testfloat-3/* \
 		${WRKSRC}/subprojects/berkeley-testfloat-3/
 
 post-patch-CDROM_DMA-off:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/USE_DMA_CDROM/d' ${WRKSRC}/include/hw/ide/internal.h
 
 do-build:
 	cd ${WRKSRC} && ${GMAKE}
 
 do-install:
 	cd ${WRKSRC} && ${SETENV} DESTDIR=${STAGEDIR} ${GMAKE} install
 
 .if !target(post-install)
 post-install:
 	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${FILESDIR}/qemu-ifup.sample ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc
 	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${FILESDIR}/qemu-ifdown.sample ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/qemu-*
 
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	@(cd ${WRKSRC} && ${COPYTREE_SHARE} docs ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}/)
 .endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/emulators/qemu-devel/distinfo b/emulators/qemu-devel/distinfo
index 9d72ad28319e..3b1b4a5b24b9 100644
--- a/emulators/qemu-devel/distinfo
+++ b/emulators/qemu-devel/distinfo
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1706553187
-SHA256 (qemu/8.3.0.20240126/qemu-project-qemu-7a1dc45af581d2b643cdbf33c01fd96271616fbd_GL0.tar.gz) = fc7eca28f698d472400f79fe4299dd70612679d0a9d8cc03468adabe3aae5b42
-SIZE (qemu/8.3.0.20240126/qemu-project-qemu-7a1dc45af581d2b643cdbf33c01fd96271616fbd_GL0.tar.gz) = 38215851
-SHA256 (qemu/8.3.0.20240126/qemu-project-keycodemapdb-f5772a62ec52591ff6870b7e8ef32482371f22c6_GL0.tar.gz) = d014b53382dbb17b8196ad12f50de7f20d0ef1b9f7d54b0be51a6cbb14209195
-SIZE (qemu/8.3.0.20240126/qemu-project-keycodemapdb-f5772a62ec52591ff6870b7e8ef32482371f22c6_GL0.tar.gz) = 29580
-SHA256 (qemu/8.3.0.20240126/qemu-project-dtc-b6910bec11614980a21e46fbccc35934b671bd81_GL0.tar.gz) = e115f987eec23a1ba25150a46ced1675de3716072d3b4905afb3a9cda0f007c7
-SIZE (qemu/8.3.0.20240126/qemu-project-dtc-b6910bec11614980a21e46fbccc35934b671bd81_GL0.tar.gz) = 205556
-SHA256 (qemu/8.3.0.20240126/qemu-project-libvfio-user-0b28d205572c80b568a1003db2c8f37ca333e4d7_GL0.tar.gz) = d2f60cd4f86f345aab1332953eb736cce3518159e6e99bcc2d10467c06f717fe
-SIZE (qemu/8.3.0.20240126/qemu-project-libvfio-user-0b28d205572c80b568a1003db2c8f37ca333e4d7_GL0.tar.gz) = 189943
-SHA256 (qemu/8.3.0.20240126/qemu-project-meson-314d9f0c74b34905f1ebb697d1374f078ea32854_GL0.tar.gz) = c7902d9d1df965a993912538bec85d3e3d9685f49a06cefd7bcf26c1bb010c7e
-SIZE (qemu/8.3.0.20240126/qemu-project-meson-314d9f0c74b34905f1ebb697d1374f078ea32854_GL0.tar.gz) = 4742530
-SHA256 (qemu/8.3.0.20240126/qemu-project-berkeley-softfloat-3-b64af41c3276f97f0e181920400ee056b9c88037_GL0.tar.gz) = faae889814ea6a292f7ca03d9b36e6c7e95bab2a64777804883cc822b8d48757
-SIZE (qemu/8.3.0.20240126/qemu-project-berkeley-softfloat-3-b64af41c3276f97f0e181920400ee056b9c88037_GL0.tar.gz) = 148741
-SHA256 (qemu/8.3.0.20240126/qemu-project-berkeley-testfloat-3-e7af9751d9f9fd3b47911f51a5cfd08af256a9ab_GL0.tar.gz) = e7a09d51dc7e96cb8422c919c85fc3833d4f788567638c9162ef5cd7db59b1df
-SIZE (qemu/8.3.0.20240126/qemu-project-berkeley-testfloat-3-e7af9751d9f9fd3b47911f51a5cfd08af256a9ab_GL0.tar.gz) = 139308
+TIMESTAMP = 1712240587
+SHA256 (qemu/8.3.0.20240229/qemu-project-qemu-ff202817dc2b0b3b42992fa7f1ce503f081068fe_GL0.tar.gz) = 131bcb504511596e46e1988ec050d0ede4a4e46ae11fae92114c42b7d5c3b725
+SIZE (qemu/8.3.0.20240229/qemu-project-qemu-ff202817dc2b0b3b42992fa7f1ce503f081068fe_GL0.tar.gz) = 38574930
+SHA256 (qemu/8.3.0.20240229/qemu-project-keycodemapdb-f5772a62ec52591ff6870b7e8ef32482371f22c6_GL0.tar.gz) = d014b53382dbb17b8196ad12f50de7f20d0ef1b9f7d54b0be51a6cbb14209195
+SIZE (qemu/8.3.0.20240229/qemu-project-keycodemapdb-f5772a62ec52591ff6870b7e8ef32482371f22c6_GL0.tar.gz) = 29580
+SHA256 (qemu/8.3.0.20240229/qemu-project-dtc-b6910bec11614980a21e46fbccc35934b671bd81_GL0.tar.gz) = e115f987eec23a1ba25150a46ced1675de3716072d3b4905afb3a9cda0f007c7
+SIZE (qemu/8.3.0.20240229/qemu-project-dtc-b6910bec11614980a21e46fbccc35934b671bd81_GL0.tar.gz) = 205556
+SHA256 (qemu/8.3.0.20240229/qemu-project-libvfio-user-0b28d205572c80b568a1003db2c8f37ca333e4d7_GL0.tar.gz) = d2f60cd4f86f345aab1332953eb736cce3518159e6e99bcc2d10467c06f717fe
+SIZE (qemu/8.3.0.20240229/qemu-project-libvfio-user-0b28d205572c80b568a1003db2c8f37ca333e4d7_GL0.tar.gz) = 189943
+SHA256 (qemu/8.3.0.20240229/qemu-project-meson-aee941559c4b88a062e88186819a820c69c200ae_GL0.tar.gz) = f6400ff57153523f99c59860552ce846ceed1bce50cef78b956764cbbb1c8e83
+SIZE (qemu/8.3.0.20240229/qemu-project-meson-aee941559c4b88a062e88186819a820c69c200ae_GL0.tar.gz) = 4759752
+SHA256 (qemu/8.3.0.20240229/qemu-project-berkeley-softfloat-3-b64af41c3276f97f0e181920400ee056b9c88037_GL0.tar.gz) = faae889814ea6a292f7ca03d9b36e6c7e95bab2a64777804883cc822b8d48757
+SIZE (qemu/8.3.0.20240229/qemu-project-berkeley-softfloat-3-b64af41c3276f97f0e181920400ee056b9c88037_GL0.tar.gz) = 148741
+SHA256 (qemu/8.3.0.20240229/qemu-project-berkeley-testfloat-3-e7af9751d9f9fd3b47911f51a5cfd08af256a9ab_GL0.tar.gz) = e7a09d51dc7e96cb8422c919c85fc3833d4f788567638c9162ef5cd7db59b1df
+SIZE (qemu/8.3.0.20240229/qemu-project-berkeley-testfloat-3-e7af9751d9f9fd3b47911f51a5cfd08af256a9ab_GL0.tar.gz) = 139308
diff --git a/emulators/qemu-devel/files/patch-util_meson.build b/emulators/qemu-devel/files/patch-util_meson.build
deleted file mode 100644
index abc95426e00a..000000000000
--- a/emulators/qemu-devel/files/patch-util_meson.build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
---- util/meson.build.orig	2024-01-26 18:16:35 UTC
-+++ util/meson.build
-@@ -103,11 +103,7 @@ if have_block
-   util_ss.add(files('readline.c'))
-   util_ss.add(files('throttle.c'))
-   util_ss.add(files('timed-average.c'))
--  if config_host_data.get('CONFIG_INOTIFY1')
--    util_ss.add(files('filemonitor-inotify.c'))
--  else
--    util_ss.add(files('filemonitor-stub.c'))
--  endif
-+  util_ss.add(files('filemonitor-stub.c'))
-   if host_os == 'linux'
-     util_ss.add(files('vhost-user-server.c'), vhost_user)
-     util_ss.add(files('vfio-helpers.c'))