diff --git a/net/libcharon/Makefile b/net/libcharon/Makefile
index 92cdba880ba4..5485f479fe62 100644
--- a/net/libcharon/Makefile
+++ b/net/libcharon/Makefile
@@ -1,25 +1,26 @@
 PORTNAME=	libCharon
-# XXX there is no 4.13.1
-# https://github.com/Ultimaker/libCharon/tags
-DISTVERSION=	4.13.0
+DISTVERSION=	5.0.0
 CATEGORIES=	net devel cad
 DIST_SUBDIR=	Ultimaker
 
 MAINTAINER=	db@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	File metadata and streaming library
 WWW=		https://github.com/Ultimaker/libCharon
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		cmake python
 STRIP=
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	Ultimaker
 
+# Python_VERSION in CMakeFile.txt WHY!?
 CMAKE_ARGS+=	-DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE:STRING=${PYTHON_CMD} \
-		-DPYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR:STRING=${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
+		-DPython_VERSION:STRING=${PYTHON_VER} \
+		-DPYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR:STRING=${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR} \
+		-DINSTALL_SERVICE:BOOL=OFF
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net/libcharon/distinfo b/net/libcharon/distinfo
index 1dc6363013a5..438d1c63646e 100644
--- a/net/libcharon/distinfo
+++ b/net/libcharon/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1645699385
-SHA256 (Ultimaker/Ultimaker-libCharon-4.13.0_GH0.tar.gz) = efccb04a84b9a80fe4e154aa4b44c56b59061aeba25937be804277a5f21259ec
-SIZE (Ultimaker/Ultimaker-libCharon-4.13.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 151775
+TIMESTAMP = 1713945967
+SHA256 (Ultimaker/Ultimaker-libCharon-5.0.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 7b58b921c6fd78329badc83de4b9987c058d048b6a450313be23756415372fbf
+SIZE (Ultimaker/Ultimaker-libCharon-5.0.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 151686
diff --git a/net/libcharon/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt b/net/libcharon/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 28ed16869cd8..000000000000
--- a/net/libcharon/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
---- CMakeLists.txt.orig	2020-04-16 10:34:42 UTC
-+++ CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -15,13 +15,27 @@ else()
-     find_package(Python3 3.4 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Interpreter)
- endif()
- 
-+if (NOT PYTHON_EXECUTABLE  STREQUAL "" )
-+    set(Python3_EXECUTABLE ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE})
-+    message("Using given PYTHON_EXECUTABLE")
-+endif()
-+if (NOT PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR STREQUAL "")
-+    set(PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR ${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR})
-+    message("Using given PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR")
-+endif()
-+
- option(INSTALL_SERVICE "Install the Charon DBus-service" ON)
- option(INSTALL_CLIENT "Install the Charon Client library" ON)
- 
-+if ( NOT PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR STREQUAL "")
-+    message("Using given PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR for CHARON_INSTALL_PATH")
-+    set(CHARON_INSTALL_PATH ${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR})
-+else()
- if(EXISTS /etc/debian_version)
-     set(CHARON_INSTALL_PATH lib${LIB_SUFFIX}/python${Python3_VERSION_MAJOR}/dist-packages)
- else()
-     set(CHARON_INSTALL_PATH lib${LIB_SUFFIX}/python${Python3_VERSION_MAJOR}.${Python3_VERSION_MINOR}/site-packages)
-+endif()
- endif()
- 
- set(_excludes PATTERN __pycache__ EXCLUDE)
diff --git a/net/libcharon/pkg-plist b/net/libcharon/pkg-plist
index 6fb0cd9f0419..36697b23c10d 100644
--- a/net/libcharon/pkg-plist
+++ b/net/libcharon/pkg-plist
@@ -1,23 +1,21 @@
 %%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/Charon/Client/DBusInterface.py
 %%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/Charon/Client/Request.py
 %%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/Charon/Client/__init__.py
 %%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/Charon/Client/test_glib.py
 %%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/Charon/Client/test_qt.py
 %%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/Charon/FileInterface.py
 %%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/Charon/OpenMode.py
 %%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/Charon/ReadOnlyError.py
 %%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/Charon/Service/FileService.py
 %%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/Charon/Service/RequestQueue.py
 %%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/Charon/Service/__init__.py
 %%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/Charon/Service/main.py
 %%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/Charon/VirtualFile.py
 %%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/Charon/WriteOnlyError.py
 %%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/Charon/__init__.py
 %%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/Charon/filetypes/GCodeFile.py
 %%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/Charon/filetypes/GCodeGzFile.py
 %%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/Charon/filetypes/GCodeSocket.py
 %%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/Charon/filetypes/OpenPackagingConvention.py
 %%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/Charon/filetypes/UltimakerFormatPackage.py
 %%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/Charon/filetypes/__init__.py
-@comment lib/systemd/system/charon.service
-share/dbus-1/system.d/nl.ultimaker.charon.conf