diff --git a/databases/mongodb44/Makefile b/databases/mongodb44/Makefile
index a272a6370fc3..c69528eb56b3 100644
--- a/databases/mongodb44/Makefile
+++ b/databases/mongodb44/Makefile
@@ -1,84 +1,83 @@
 PORTNAME=	mongodb
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	r
-DISTVERSION=	4.4.16
+DISTVERSION=	4.4.18
 CATEGORIES=	databases net
 MASTER_SITES=	https://fastdl.mongodb.org/src/ \
 		http://fastdl.mongodb.org/src/
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	${DISTVERSION:R:S/.//}
 DISTNAME=	mongodb-src-${DISTVERSIONPREFIX}${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	ronald-lists@klop.ws
 COMMENT=	Distributed document-oriented "NoSQL" database (4.4.x Branch)
 WWW=		https://docs.mongodb.com/v4.4/
 
 LICENSE=	SSPLv1 APACHE20 # mongodb is SSPLv1, C++ driver is APACHE20
 LICENSE_COMB=	multi
 LICENSE_NAME_SSPLv1=	Server Side Public License Version 1
 LICENSE_FILE_SSPLv1=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE-Community.txt
 LICENSE_PERMS_SSPLv1=	dist-mirror dist-sell pkg-mirror pkg-sell auto-accept
 
 ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=	aarch64 amd64 powerpc64le
 ONLY_FOR_ARCHS_REASON=	only ported to amd64, aarch64, and powerpc64le on FreeBSD; upstream supports arm64, ppc64le, s390x, and x86-64
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cheetah3>0:devel/py-cheetah3@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}yaml>=3.11:devel/py-yaml@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}psutil>0:sysutils/py-psutil@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${LOCALBASE}/bin/ar:devel/binutils
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}psutil>0:sysutils/py-psutil@${PY_FLAVOR}
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libpcre.so:devel/pcre \
 		libcurl.so:ftp/curl \
 		libsnappy.so:archivers/snappy
 
 USES=		compiler:c++17-lang cpe python:3.5+,build scons
 USE_RC_SUBR=	mongod
 
 PORTSCOUT=	limit:^4\.4\.
 
 CONFLICTS_INSTALL=	mongodb[0-9][0-9] # etc/mongodb.conf.sample
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	LTO SASL SSL
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=LTO SASL SSL
 OPTIONS_EXCLUDE_aarch64=	${OPTIONS_EXCLUDE_${ARCH}_${OSREL:R}}
 OPTIONS_EXCLUDE_aarch64_14=	LTO # Does not work with llvm12 on aarch64.
 
 MAKE_ARGS=	--use-system-zlib \
 		--use-system-pcre \
 		--use-system-snappy \
 		--libc++ \
 		--cxx-std=17 \
 		--runtime-hardening=on \
 		-j ${MAKE_JOBS_NUMBER} \
 		--disable-warnings-as-errors \
 		VERBOSE=on \
-		AR=${PREFIX}/bin/ar
+		AR=llvm-ar
 
 USERS=		mongodb
 GROUPS=		mongodb
 
 LTO_MAKE_ARGS=	--lto=on
 
 SASL_LIB_DEPENDS=	libsasl2.so:security/cyrus-sasl2
 SASL_MAKE_ARGS=		--use-sasl-client
 
 SSL_USES=	ssl
 SSL_MAKE_ARGS=	--ssl
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 .if ${ARCH} == aarch64 || ${ARCH} == powerpc64le
 EXTRA_PATCHES=	${FILESDIR}/${ARCH}
 .endif
 
 ALL_TARGET=	install-core
 
 CPE_PRODUCT=	mongodb
 
 pre-patch:
 	${MV} ${WRKSRC}/src/third_party/wiredtiger/src/checksum/power8/crc32.sx ${WRKSRC}/src/third_party/wiredtiger/src/checksum/power8/crc32.S
 
 do-install:
 .for f in mongo mongod mongos
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/build/install${PREFIX}/bin/${f} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 .endfor
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/rpm/mongod.conf ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/mongodb.conf.sample
 
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/databases/mongodb44/distinfo b/databases/mongodb44/distinfo
index 3c0056a73cc0..acf9f984f891 100644
--- a/databases/mongodb44/distinfo
+++ b/databases/mongodb44/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1661414758
-SHA256 (mongodb-src-r4.4.16.tar.gz) = dfa2503904dabbeeac7980336458da9478115ea0ddc659d2e0ef2ab2c68d29fe
-SIZE (mongodb-src-r4.4.16.tar.gz) = 50831692
+TIMESTAMP = 1669202055
+SHA256 (mongodb-src-r4.4.18.tar.gz) = 03723468a175ea77c67ede4b941f1c27e45d0b086c697a8201d12581a09d1713
+SIZE (mongodb-src-r4.4.18.tar.gz) = 50851643