diff --git a/devel/libbde/Makefile b/devel/libbde/Makefile
index afb9c28bf47a..640cae297867 100644
--- a/devel/libbde/Makefile
+++ b/devel/libbde/Makefile
@@ -1,28 +1,30 @@
 PORTNAME=	libbde
-DISTVERSION=	alpha-20221031
+DISTVERSION=	alpha-20231220
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/libyal/libbde/releases/download/${PORTVERSION:E}/ \
 		LOCAL/antoine
 
 MAINTAINER=	antoine@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Library and tools to access the BitLocker Drive Encryption volumes
 WWW=		https://github.com/libyal/libbde
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL3+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
+LIB_DEPENDS=	libcaes.so:security/libcaes
+
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
-CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--enable-python --with-openssl=no
+CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--enable-python --with-libcaes=${LOCALBASE} --with-openssl=no
 CONFIGURE_ENV=	PYTHON_CONFIG=${PYTHON_CMD}-config
 USES=		fuse libtool pathfix pkgconfig python
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION:E}
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	NLS
 
 NLS_USES=	gettext
 NLS_CONFIGURE_ON=	--with-libintl-prefix=${LOCALBASE}
 NLS_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--disable-nls
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/libbde/distinfo b/devel/libbde/distinfo
index 411e7ebe36c1..7d8c38ce375a 100644
--- a/devel/libbde/distinfo
+++ b/devel/libbde/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1676973172
-SHA256 (libbde-alpha-20221031.tar.gz) = b8c6f0a1f6e878f0855a5c4439d45b64aeee66e8f43190bfaaeb16baed019bb8
-SIZE (libbde-alpha-20221031.tar.gz) = 1754152
+TIMESTAMP = 1707835740
+SHA256 (libbde-alpha-20231220.tar.gz) = 21fa33dd40edcea07d50b16ef926db459a6f2db551232dd8c1597484f1367241
+SIZE (libbde-alpha-20231220.tar.gz) = 1739799