diff --git a/x11-wm/sway-devel/Makefile b/x11-wm/sway-devel/Makefile
index 57229fc1985e..7af886f3d08a 100644
--- a/x11-wm/sway-devel/Makefile
+++ b/x11-wm/sway-devel/Makefile
@@ -1,72 +1,70 @@
 PORTNAME=	sway
-DISTVERSION?=	1.8.1-183 # git rev-list --count 1.8.1..
-DISTVERSIONSUFFIX?=	-gbb91b7f5f
+DISTVERSION?=	1.8.1-188 # git rev-list --count 1.8.1..
+DISTVERSIONSUFFIX?=	-gbf44690ee
 CATEGORIES=	x11-wm wayland
 PKGNAMESUFFIX?=	-devel
 
 PATCH_SITES=	https://github.com/${GH_ACCOUNT}/${GH_PROJECT}/commit/
 PATCHFILES+=	cd9d1038a822.patch:-p1 # https://github.com/swaywm/sway/pull/5090
 PATCHFILES+=	1f1c83e83a1a.patch:-p1 # https://github.com/swaywm/sway/pull/5090
 
 MAINTAINER=	jbeich@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT?=	i3-compatible Wayland compositor (development snapshot)
 WWW?=		https://swaywm.org/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-BROKEN=		fails to build after https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots/-/merge_requests/4316
-
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	evdev-proto>0:devel/evdev-proto \
 		wayland-protocols>=1.24:graphics/wayland-protocols \
-		wlroots>=0.16.0.668<0.17.0:x11-toolkits/wlroots
+		wlroots>=0.16.0.702<0.17.0:x11-toolkits/wlroots
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libjson-c.so:devel/json-c \
 		libevdev.so:devel/libevdev \
 		libudev.so:devel/libudev-devd \
 		libpcre2-8.so:devel/pcre2 \
 		libwayland-egl.so:graphics/wayland \
 		libwlroots.so:x11-toolkits/wlroots \
 		libinput.so:x11/libinput \
 		libxkbcommon.so:x11/libxkbcommon
 
 USES=		compiler:c11 gnome meson pkgconfig xorg
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 USE_GNOME=	cairo pango
 USE_XORG=	pixman
 GH_ACCOUNT?=	swaywm
 MESON_ARGS=	-Dsd-bus-provider=basu
 
 CONFLICTS_INSTALL?=	${PORTNAME} ${PORTNAME}fx
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	BASU MANPAGES PIXBUF SWAYBG X11
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=BASU MANPAGES PIXBUF SWAYBG X11
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 
 BASU_DESC=		Tray in swaybar via basu
 BASU_LIB_DEPENDS=	libbasu.so:devel/basu
 BASU_MESON_ENABLED=	tray
 
 MANPAGES_BUILD_DEPENDS=	scdoc>=1.9.2:textproc/scdoc
 MANPAGES_MESON_ENABLED=	man-pages
 
 PIXBUF_USE=		GNOME=gdkpixbuf2
 PIXBUF_MESON_ENABLED=	gdk-pixbuf
 
 SWAYBG_DESC=		Default command to set background
 SWAYBG_RUN_DEPENDS=	swaybg:x11/swaybg
 
 X11_USE=		XORG=xcb
 X11_LIB_DEPENDS=	libxcb-icccm.so:x11/xcb-util-wm
 X11_MESON_ENABLED=	xwayland
 
 post-patch:
 # Let @sample handle default files under etc/
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/config\.in/{ N; s/@BASENAME@/&.sample/; }' \
 		${WRKSRC}/meson.build
 # Extract (snapshot) version from the port instead of meson.build
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -i .nogit -e 's/git.found()/false/' \
 		-e '/project_version/s/@0@/${DISTVERSIONFULL}/' \
 		${WRKSRC}/meson.build
 
 .include "${.CURDIR:H:H}/x11-toolkits/wlroots-devel/override.mk"
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/x11-wm/sway-devel/distinfo b/x11-wm/sway-devel/distinfo
index 050213eaad7c..efe5e8568269 100644
--- a/x11-wm/sway-devel/distinfo
+++ b/x11-wm/sway-devel/distinfo
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1690989518
-SHA256 (swaywm-sway-1.8.1-183-gbb91b7f5f_GH0.tar.gz) = cb34e49a5a9f83b023467cb07b702be9456df07d87408448faf34782e6d560b6
-SIZE (swaywm-sway-1.8.1-183-gbb91b7f5f_GH0.tar.gz) = 5580590
+TIMESTAMP = 1693082677
+SHA256 (swaywm-sway-1.8.1-188-gbf44690ee_GH0.tar.gz) = 67e29dc1f31be09da0bf8a3260828a2d69789b09198d7a00c3c1e83bf097a361
+SIZE (swaywm-sway-1.8.1-188-gbf44690ee_GH0.tar.gz) = 5580792
 SHA256 (cd9d1038a822.patch) = 266891cbe27a67f81740879dbe39819e3bf0f17b681bdc93087ae05987c2f88d
 SIZE (cd9d1038a822.patch) = 8968
 SHA256 (1f1c83e83a1a.patch) = 59d24c7e69a871d92b65095c46fc994900440453064dd70ffc7de2f0ff728655
 SIZE (1f1c83e83a1a.patch) = 2701