diff --git a/x11-wm/sway-devel/Makefile b/x11-wm/sway-devel/Makefile
index c78390b4d475..25ee689478aa 100644
--- a/x11-wm/sway-devel/Makefile
+++ b/x11-wm/sway-devel/Makefile
@@ -1,68 +1,68 @@
 PORTNAME=	sway
-DISTVERSION?=	1.9-rc3 # git rev-list --count 1.8.1..
+DISTVERSION?=	1.9-rc4 # git rev-list --count 1.8.1..
 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
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	evdev-proto>0:devel/evdev-proto \
 		wayland-protocols>=1.24:graphics/wayland-protocols \
 		wlroots>=0.17.0<0.18.0: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 <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/x11-wm/sway-devel/distinfo b/x11-wm/sway-devel/distinfo
index 541a6295429b..2a63b68adfa5 100644
--- a/x11-wm/sway-devel/distinfo
+++ b/x11-wm/sway-devel/distinfo
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1707499512
-SHA256 (swaywm-sway-1.9-rc3_GH0.tar.gz) = c74f2fd10643fc5b2d86bcb9ba07b400748aeb98fa6bed359c39bde105116d08
-SIZE (swaywm-sway-1.9-rc3_GH0.tar.gz) = 5581044
+TIMESTAMP = 1708176447
+SHA256 (swaywm-sway-1.9-rc4_GH0.tar.gz) = bb30330240669e21fcea5735d1d833c4d23fb669d01bb21bb17c5e38b4dd7054
+SIZE (swaywm-sway-1.9-rc4_GH0.tar.gz) = 5581376
 SHA256 (cd9d1038a822.patch) = 266891cbe27a67f81740879dbe39819e3bf0f17b681bdc93087ae05987c2f88d
 SIZE (cd9d1038a822.patch) = 8968
 SHA256 (1f1c83e83a1a.patch) = 59d24c7e69a871d92b65095c46fc994900440453064dd70ffc7de2f0ff728655
 SIZE (1f1c83e83a1a.patch) = 2701