diff --git a/textproc/re-flex/Makefile b/textproc/re-flex/Makefile
index 3d3d6c436d3c..56e78d983e71 100644
--- a/textproc/re-flex/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/re-flex/Makefile
@@ -1,38 +1,40 @@
 PORTNAME=	re-flex
-PORTVERSION=	4.1.2
+PORTVERSION=	4.2.0
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 PORTREVISION=	0
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 
 MAINTAINER=	gahr@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Regex-centric, fast and flexible scanner generator for C++
 WWW=		https://www.genivia.com/reflex.html
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 
 USES=		compiler:c++11-lib cmake
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	SIMD
 SIMD_CMAKE_OFF=	-DUSE_AVX512BW:BOOL=OFF -DUSE_AVX2:BOOL=OFF \
 		-DUSE_SSE2:BOOL=OFF -DUSE_NEON:BOOL=OFF
 
 CONFLICTS_INSTALL=	reflex
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	Genivia
 GH_PROJECT=	RE-flex
 
 post-patch:
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} \
 		's|reflex_static_lib|reflex|; s|reflex_shared_lib|reflex|' \
 		${WRKSRC}/CMakeLists.txt
 
 post-install:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/include/reflex
 	(cd ${WRKSRC}/include/reflex && \
 	 ${COPYTREE_SHARE} \* ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/include/reflex)
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/lex.vim ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}/lex.vim
 	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/doc/man/reflex.1 ${STAGEDIR}/${PREFIX}/share/man/man1/
+	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/libdata/pkgconfig
+	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/reflex.pc ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/libdata/pkgconfig
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/re-flex/distinfo b/textproc/re-flex/distinfo
index cfe28df3c4d4..934d1c9e00c1 100644
--- a/textproc/re-flex/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/re-flex/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1711441221
-SHA256 (Genivia-RE-flex-v4.1.2_GH0.tar.gz) = f9da531b00823c0fd245a67e5c27593b6a3dbe23827a02266c03f6fba94d503a
-SIZE (Genivia-RE-flex-v4.1.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 6600481
+TIMESTAMP = 1711612137
+SHA256 (Genivia-RE-flex-v4.2.0_GH0.tar.gz) = deb0fbfe89fb3f47c5934138537ab9ac4cb31d3c952ce7e8243d79f2067c5dd1
+SIZE (Genivia-RE-flex-v4.2.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 6601521
diff --git a/textproc/re-flex/pkg-plist b/textproc/re-flex/pkg-plist
index 2cbca4ae5141..824f03ead550 100644
--- a/textproc/re-flex/pkg-plist
+++ b/textproc/re-flex/pkg-plist
@@ -1,30 +1,31 @@
 bin/reflex
 include/reflex/abslexer.h
 include/reflex/absmatcher.h
 include/reflex/bits.h
 include/reflex/boostmatcher.h
 include/reflex/convert.h
 include/reflex/debug.h
 include/reflex/error.h
 include/reflex/flexlexer.h
 include/reflex/input.h
 include/reflex/linematcher.h
 include/reflex/matcher.h
 include/reflex/pcre2matcher.h
 include/reflex/pattern.h
 include/reflex/posix.h
 include/reflex/ranges.h
 include/reflex/setop.h
 include/reflex/simd.h
 include/reflex/stdmatcher.h
 include/reflex/timer.h
 include/reflex/traits.h
 include/reflex/unicode.h
 include/reflex/utf8.h
 lib/libreflex.a
 lib/libreflex.so
 lib/cmake/reflex/ReflexConfig.cmake
 lib/cmake/reflex/ReflexTargets-%%CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE%%.cmake
 lib/cmake/reflex/ReflexTargets.cmake
 %%DATADIR%%/lex.vim
+libdata/pkgconfig/reflex.pc
 share/man/man1/reflex.1.gz