diff --git a/lang/fennel/Makefile b/lang/fennel/Makefile
index 9d3c851394a4..34c2a535fcad 100644
--- a/lang/fennel/Makefile
+++ b/lang/fennel/Makefile
@@ -1,35 +1,35 @@
 PORTNAME=	fennel
-DISTVERSION=	1.3.1
+DISTVERSION=	1.4.0
 CATEGORIES=	lang
 MASTER_SITES=	https://git.sr.ht/~technomancy/${PORTNAME}/archive/${DISTVERSION}${EXTRACT_SUFX}?dummy=/
 
 MAINTAINER=	jrm@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Lisp that compiles to Lua
 WWW=		https://fennel-lang.org/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		gmake lua:51+,build,run
 
 MAKE_ENV=	DESTDIR=${STAGEDIR} \
 		LUA=${LUA_CMD} \
 		LUA_DIR=${LOCALBASE} \
 		LUA_INCLUDE_DIR=${LUA_INCDIR} \
 		LUA_VERSION=${LUA_VER} \
-		MAN_DIR=${PREFIX} \
+		MAN_DIR=${PREFIX}/share \
 		NATIVE_LUA_LIB=${LUA_LIBDIR}/liblua-${LUA_VER}.a \
 		STATIC_LUA_LIB=${LUA_LIBDIR}/liblua-${LUA_VER}.a
 
 ALL_TARGET=	build
 TEST_TARGET=	test
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 do-install-DOCS-on:
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/*.md ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/lang/fennel/distinfo b/lang/fennel/distinfo
index fe574001efb7..06b00697e3dd 100644
--- a/lang/fennel/distinfo
+++ b/lang/fennel/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1699444527
-SHA256 (fennel-1.3.1.tar.gz) = 833d90b7e99edd487403f51fdfc3cbb263bf965b72a914bbbbb0156c6132d465
-SIZE (fennel-1.3.1.tar.gz) = 293564
+TIMESTAMP = 1708266745
+SHA256 (fennel-1.4.0.tar.gz) = 375892126dae7fa80f727db613ccb7480d18c958cd00f9f6c8c3f82ab1751f98
+SIZE (fennel-1.4.0.tar.gz) = 299561
diff --git a/lang/fennel/pkg-plist b/lang/fennel/pkg-plist
index 20b52dc0d929..50bafdbfd795 100644
--- a/lang/fennel/pkg-plist
+++ b/lang/fennel/pkg-plist
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 bin/fennel
-man/man1/fennel.1.gz
-man/man3/fennel-api.3.gz
-man/man5/fennel-reference.5.gz
-man/man7/fennel-tutorial.7.gz
+share/man/man1/fennel.1.gz
+share/man/man3/fennel-api.3.gz
+share/man/man5/fennel-reference.5.gz
+share/man/man7/fennel-tutorial.7.gz
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/CODE-OF-CONDUCT.md
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/CONTRIBUTING.md
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/README.md
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/api.md
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/changelog.md
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/from-clojure.md
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/lua-primer.md
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/macros.md
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/rationale.md
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/reference.md
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/release-checklist.md
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/security.md
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/setup.md
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/style.md
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/tutorial.md
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/values.md
 %%LUA_MODSHAREDIR%%/fennel.lua