diff --git a/devel/pecl-grpc/Makefile b/devel/pecl-grpc/Makefile
index 957f6f74e3fc..060ca1f2911c 100644
--- a/devel/pecl-grpc/Makefile
+++ b/devel/pecl-grpc/Makefile
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 PORTNAME=	grpc
-PORTVERSION=	1.67.0
+PORTVERSION=	1.68.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel net
 
 MAINTAINER=	vanilla@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	High performance, general RPC framework
 WWW=		https://pecl.php.net/package/grpc
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BROKEN_mips=	fails to compile: fatal error: sys/auxv.h file not found
 BROKEN_mips64=	fails to compile: fatal error: sys/auxv.h file not found
 
 USES=		compiler:c++11-lang php:pecl
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/pecl-grpc/distinfo b/devel/pecl-grpc/distinfo
index c73e51e76c85..941594a35003 100644
--- a/devel/pecl-grpc/distinfo
+++ b/devel/pecl-grpc/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1729326316
-SHA256 (PECL/grpc-1.67.0.tgz) = d76939889eb635a033ddbdf003266b0d273f461962bd54f8b748ff1d62df126a
-SIZE (PECL/grpc-1.67.0.tgz) = 6423734
+TIMESTAMP = 1732058892
+SHA256 (PECL/grpc-1.68.0.tgz) = 4e022e052d5b7997efd42f3b67f1175dbbb772cfd435570852febc0f569065bb
+SIZE (PECL/grpc-1.68.0.tgz) = 6531175
diff --git a/devel/pecl-grpc/files/patch-src_core_tsi_ssl__transport__security.cc b/devel/pecl-grpc/files/patch-src_core_tsi_ssl__transport__security.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 8221d90c5ea0..000000000000
--- a/devel/pecl-grpc/files/patch-src_core_tsi_ssl__transport__security.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- src/core/tsi/ssl_transport_security.cc.orig	2020-09-11 19:28:49 UTC
-+++ src/core/tsi/ssl_transport_security.cc
-@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
- 
- #include "src/core/tsi/ssl_transport_security.h"
- 
-+#include <sys/socket.h>
- #include <limits.h>
- #include <string.h>
- 
diff --git a/devel/pecl-grpc/files/patch-third__party_abseil-cpp_absl_base_internal_sysinfo.cc b/devel/pecl-grpc/files/patch-third__party_abseil-cpp_absl_base_internal_sysinfo.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c4921f8a4dd..000000000000
--- a/devel/pecl-grpc/files/patch-third__party_abseil-cpp_absl_base_internal_sysinfo.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
---- third_party/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/sysinfo.cc.orig	2023-09-07 04:54:32 UTC
-+++ third_party/abseil-cpp/absl/base/internal/sysinfo.cc
-@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
- #include <sys/sysctl.h>
- #endif
- 
-+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
-+#include <pthread_np.h>
-+#endif
-+
- #if defined(__myriad2__)
- #include <rtems.h>
- #endif
-@@ -421,14 +425,18 @@ pid_t GetTID() {
-   return tid;
- }
- 
--#elif defined(__APPLE__)
-+#elif defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
- 
- pid_t GetTID() {
-   uint64_t tid;
-   // `nullptr` here implies this thread.  This only fails if the specified
-   // thread is invalid or the pointer-to-tid is null, so we needn't worry about
-   // it.
-+#if __FreeBSD__
-+  tid = pthread_getthreadid_np();
-+#else
-   pthread_threadid_np(nullptr, &tid);
-+#endif
-   return static_cast<pid_t>(tid);
- }
-