diff --git a/lang/fennel/Makefile b/lang/fennel/Makefile
index 34c2a535fcad..7c9f7820855e 100644
--- a/lang/fennel/Makefile
+++ b/lang/fennel/Makefile
@@ -1,35 +1,35 @@
 PORTNAME=	fennel
-DISTVERSION=	1.4.0
+DISTVERSION=	1.4.2
 CATEGORIES=	lang
 MASTER_SITES=	https://git.sr.ht/~technomancy/${PORTNAME}/archive/${DISTVERSION}${EXTRACT_SUFX}?dummy=/
 
 MAINTAINER=	jrm@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Lisp that compiles to Lua
 WWW=		https://fennel-lang.org/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		gmake lua:51+,build,run
 
 MAKE_ENV=	DESTDIR=${STAGEDIR} \
 		LUA=${LUA_CMD} \
 		LUA_DIR=${LOCALBASE} \
 		LUA_INCLUDE_DIR=${LUA_INCDIR} \
 		LUA_VERSION=${LUA_VER} \
 		MAN_DIR=${PREFIX}/share \
 		NATIVE_LUA_LIB=${LUA_LIBDIR}/liblua-${LUA_VER}.a \
 		STATIC_LUA_LIB=${LUA_LIBDIR}/liblua-${LUA_VER}.a
 
 ALL_TARGET=	build
 TEST_TARGET=	test
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 do-install-DOCS-on:
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/*.md ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/lang/fennel/distinfo b/lang/fennel/distinfo
index 06b00697e3dd..68920cff0d23 100644
--- a/lang/fennel/distinfo
+++ b/lang/fennel/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1708266745
-SHA256 (fennel-1.4.0.tar.gz) = 375892126dae7fa80f727db613ccb7480d18c958cd00f9f6c8c3f82ab1751f98
-SIZE (fennel-1.4.0.tar.gz) = 299561
+TIMESTAMP = 1711634594
+SHA256 (fennel-1.4.2.tar.gz) = d507e6a99d856c73ddef117ec8dddcb614d42a424b0dbb8f84a4487b63ecac4c
+SIZE (fennel-1.4.2.tar.gz) = 301195
diff --git a/lang/fennel/files/patch-test_cli.fnl b/lang/fennel/files/patch-test_cli.fnl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4166a1e1d410
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/fennel/files/patch-test_cli.fnl
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- test/cli.fnl.orig	2024-03-28 21:47:12 UTC
++++ test/cli.fnl
+@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
+                   (p:read :*all)
+                   (if (p:close)
+                       long
+-                      "lua")))
++                      (or (os.getenv "LUA") "lua"))))
+ 
+ (fn file-exists? [filename]
+   (let [f (io.open filename)]