diff --git a/www/gitea/Makefile b/www/gitea/Makefile
index ee59d814685c..d5c0103dbae8 100644
--- a/www/gitea/Makefile
+++ b/www/gitea/Makefile
@@ -1,78 +1,74 @@
 PORTNAME=	gitea
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.14.5
+DISTVERSION=	1.14.6
 CATEGORIES=	www
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/download/${DISTVERSIONPREFIX}${DISTVERSION}/
 DISTNAME=	gitea-src-${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	stb@lassitu.de
 COMMENT=	Compact self-hosted Git service
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	git:devel/git
 
 USES=		gmake go:no_targets
 USE_RC_SUBR=	gitea
 
 SUB_FILES+=	app.ini.sample
 SUB_LIST+=	GITUSER=${USERS}
 
 NO_WRKSUBDIR=	yes
 
 USERS=		git
 GROUPS=		git
 
 PORTDATA=	*
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	BINDATA GIT_LFS PAM SQLITE
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	GIT_LFS PAM SQLITE
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 
 BINDATA_DESC=	Build a single monolithic binary, with all assets included
 GIT_LFS_DESC=	Support for Git Large File Storage (LFS)
 PAM_DESC=	Enable support for PAM
 
 BINDATA_VARS=	GO_TAGS+=bindata
 GIT_LFS_RUN_DEPENDS=	git-lfs:devel/git-lfs
 PAM_VARS=	GO_TAGS+=pam
 SQLITE_VARS=	GO_TAGS+="sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify"
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 .if ${OPSYS} == FreeBSD
 DAEMONARGS=	-S -l \$${gitea_facility} -s \$${gitea_priority} -T \$${name}
 .else
 DAEMONARGS=	-f
 .endif
 
 SUB_LIST+=	DAEMONARGS="${DAEMONARGS}"
 
 SSP_UNSAFE=	true
 # Default LDFLAGS are incompatible with build
 MAKE_ENV=	LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} ${EXTRA_LDFLAGS}"
 MAKE_ARGS=	GOPATH=${WRKDIR} TAGS="${GO_TAGS}"
 ALL_TARGET=	backend
 MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=	yes
 
 post-patch:
 	${ECHO_CMD} ${DISTVERSION} >${WRKSRC}/VERSION
 
 # Too lazy to figure out why go install won't work.
 do-install:
 	# Go binary is statically linked and cannot be stripped, so use
 	# INSTALL_SCRIPT.
 	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKSRC}/gitea ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/sbin
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/conf
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKDIR}/app.ini.sample ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/conf/app.ini.sample
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/custom/conf/app.example.ini ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/conf/app.ini.defaults
 
-	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DESTDIR}/var/db/${PORTNAME}
-	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DESTDIR}/var/log/${PORTNAME}
-	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DESTDIR}/var/run/${PORTNAME}
-
 do-install-BINDATA-off:
 	cd ${WRKSRC} && ${COPYTREE_SHARE} "options public templates" ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/www/gitea/distinfo b/www/gitea/distinfo
index c584b1fc3b9d..159f898661ae 100644
--- a/www/gitea/distinfo
+++ b/www/gitea/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1626589021
-SHA256 (gitea-src-1.14.5.tar.gz) = f27c0b5697bfe488d726a3b5efd94df3407fdd61942f72ca33c396761fdb60e1
-SIZE (gitea-src-1.14.5.tar.gz) = 117880790
+TIMESTAMP = 1629474979
+SHA256 (gitea-src-1.14.6.tar.gz) = 208a0e26569f303e8a83c65d7b72dca0af7b3ca2e6a8e50c40dde798882a7b5a
+SIZE (gitea-src-1.14.6.tar.gz) = 117871468
diff --git a/www/gitea/files/gitea.in b/www/gitea/files/gitea.in
index 8354dfb4d4df..5e75ad5d5143 100644
--- a/www/gitea/files/gitea.in
+++ b/www/gitea/files/gitea.in
@@ -1,45 +1,51 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 # PROVIDE: gitea
 # REQUIRE: NETWORKING SYSLOG
 # KEYWORD: shutdown
 #
 # Add the following lines to /etc/rc.conf to enable gitea:
 #
 #gitea_enable="YES"
 
 . /etc/rc.subr
 
 name="gitea"
 rcvar="gitea_enable"
 
 load_rc_config $name
 
 : ${gitea_user:="%%GITUSER%%"}
 : ${gitea_enable:="NO"}
 : ${gitea_facility:="daemon"}
 : ${gitea_priority:="debug"}
 : ${gitea_shared:="%%PREFIX%%/share/${name}"}
 : ${gitea_custom:="%%PREFIX%%/etc/${name}"}
 
 command="%%PREFIX%%/sbin/${name} web"
 procname="%%PREFIX%%/sbin/${name}"
 githome="$(eval echo ~${gitea_user})"
 
 pidfile="/var/run/${name}.pid"
 
 start_cmd="${name}_start"
 
 gitea_start() {
+	for d in /var/db/gitea /var/log/gitea; do
+		if [ ! -e "$d" ]; then
+			mkdir "$d"
+			chown ${gitea_user} "$d"
+		fi
+	done
 	/usr/sbin/daemon %%DAEMONARGS%% \
 		-u ${gitea_user} -p ${pidfile} \
 		/usr/bin/env -i \
 		"GITEA_WORK_DIR=${gitea_shared}" \
 		"GITEA_CUSTOM=${gitea_custom}" \
 		"HOME=${githome}" \
 		"PATH=%%PREFIX%%/bin:${PATH}" \
 		"USER=${gitea_user}" \
 		$command
 }
 
 run_rc_command "$1"
diff --git a/www/gitea/pkg-plist b/www/gitea/pkg-plist
index 99e637f4616b..209e1c8e372c 100644
--- a/www/gitea/pkg-plist
+++ b/www/gitea/pkg-plist
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
 @sample %%ETCDIR%%/conf/app.ini.sample
 %%ETCDIR%%/conf/app.ini.defaults
 sbin/gitea
-@owner git
-@group git
-@dir /var/db/gitea
-@dir /var/log/gitea
-@dir /var/run/gitea