diff --git a/textproc/splitpatch/Makefile b/textproc/splitpatch/Makefile
index 2b495b84bcf8..e565a1bca16f 100644
--- a/textproc/splitpatch/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/splitpatch/Makefile
@@ -1,22 +1,25 @@
 PORTNAME=	splitpatch
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	release/
-DISTVERSION=	1.2
+DISTVERSION=	2025.0210
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 
 MAINTAINER=	ehaupt@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Utility to split a diff patch into separate sections
 WWW=		https://github.com/jaalto/splitpatch
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2+
 
 USES=		gmake perl5 ruby
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	jaalto
 USE_PERL5=	build
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/splitpatch \
 		share/man/man1/splitpatch.1.gz
 
+post-patch:
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|--mode=|-m |g' ${WRKSRC}/Makefile
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/splitpatch/distinfo b/textproc/splitpatch/distinfo
index 12ebf760a88b..caccd2befbd7 100644
--- a/textproc/splitpatch/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/splitpatch/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1728120678
-SHA256 (jaalto-splitpatch-release-1.2_GH0.tar.gz) = b7a00add0a650c72da0ee1f68873260cc3255940a7b4d5920f1ade25e5511b09
-SIZE (jaalto-splitpatch-release-1.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 11705
+TIMESTAMP = 1739341221
+SHA256 (jaalto-splitpatch-release-2025.0210_GH0.tar.gz) = a4f55f8df9a36b504b0629a30f77850c409012c843989aca08071deb77d2ab83
+SIZE (jaalto-splitpatch-release-2025.0210_GH0.tar.gz) = 12423
diff --git a/textproc/splitpatch/files/patch-Makefile b/textproc/splitpatch/files/patch-Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 6655398ff7ec..000000000000
--- a/textproc/splitpatch/files/patch-Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- Makefile.orig	2024-10-04 11:55:32 UTC
-+++ Makefile
-@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ DESTDIR		=
- VERSION		=
- 
- DESTDIR		=
--prefix		= /usr
-+prefix		?= $(PREFIX)
- exec_prefix	= $(prefix)
- man_prefix	= $(prefix)/share
- mandir		= $(man_prefix)/man