diff --git a/textproc/xfce4-dict-plugin/Makefile b/textproc/xfce4-dict-plugin/Makefile
index a8f974931ef6..a4bb9f3929c2 100644
--- a/textproc/xfce4-dict-plugin/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/xfce4-dict-plugin/Makefile
@@ -1,34 +1,30 @@
 PORTNAME=	xfce4-dict
-PORTVERSION=	0.8.8
+PORTVERSION=	0.8.9
 CATEGORIES=	textproc xfce
 MASTER_SITES=	XFCE/apps
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	-plugin
 DIST_SUBDIR=	xfce4
 
 MAINTAINER=	xfce@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Xfce4 plugin to query different dictionaries
 WWW=		https://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
-LIB_DEPENDS=	libharfbuzz.so:print/harfbuzz
-
-USES=		compiler:c11 gettext-tools gmake gnome libtool pkgconfig \
-		tar:bzip2 xfce xorg
-USE_GNOME=	cairo gdkpixbuf glib20 gtk30 intltool
+USES=		compiler:c11 gettext-tools gnome libtool meson pkgconfig \
+		tar:xz xfce xorg
+USE_GNOME=	gdkpixbuf glib20 gtk30 intltool
 USE_XFCE=	libmenu panel
 USE_XORG=	x11
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
-GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
-GNU_CONFIGURE_MANPREFIX=${PREFIX}/share
-INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
-
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	NLS
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 
-NLS_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	nls
-NLS_USES=		gettext-runtime
+NLS_USES=	gettext-runtime
+
+post-patch-NLS-off:
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "/^subdir('po')/d" ${WRKSRC}/meson.build
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/xfce4-dict-plugin/distinfo b/textproc/xfce4-dict-plugin/distinfo
index e1dc6a233279..fbf4dc1c5f2f 100644
--- a/textproc/xfce4-dict-plugin/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/xfce4-dict-plugin/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1727866838
-SHA256 (xfce4/xfce4-dict-0.8.8.tar.bz2) = 0d0cb079d276d82c174a52c94ee4df12df490a525befc44650e261f8e5eae916
-SIZE (xfce4/xfce4-dict-0.8.8.tar.bz2) = 669951
+TIMESTAMP = 1747084173
+SHA256 (xfce4/xfce4-dict-0.8.9.tar.xz) = f1a81baad1e60496aeffc8f8ef1be6413c732b09e250d52d062d293ade001a8c
+SIZE (xfce4/xfce4-dict-0.8.9.tar.xz) = 189108
diff --git a/textproc/xfce4-dict-plugin/pkg-plist b/textproc/xfce4-dict-plugin/pkg-plist
index c80c94b7dbd8..89893f46b9a1 100644
--- a/textproc/xfce4-dict-plugin/pkg-plist
+++ b/textproc/xfce4-dict-plugin/pkg-plist
@@ -1,66 +1,67 @@
 bin/xfce4-dict
 lib/xfce4/panel/plugins/libxfce4dict.so
 share/man/man1/xfce4-dict.1.gz
 share/applications/xfce4-dict.desktop
 share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/org.xfce.Dictionary.png
 share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/org.xfce.Dictionary.png
 share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/org.xfce.Dictionary.png
 share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/org.xfce.Dictionary.png
 share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/org.xfce.Dictionary.png
 share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/org.xfce.Dictionary.png
 share/icons/hicolor/96x96/apps/org.xfce.Dictionary.png
 share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/org.xfce.Dictionary.svg
 %%NLS%%share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/en_AU/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
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 %%NLS%%share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/hy_AM/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/hye/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
+%%NLS%%share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/ur/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/ur_PK/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/xfce4-dict.mo
 share/xfce4/panel/plugins/xfce4-dict-plugin.desktop