diff --git a/net/fort/Makefile b/net/fort/Makefile
index 9729473d8cf8..8acdd8d98300 100644
--- a/net/fort/Makefile
+++ b/net/fort/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	fort
-DISTVERSION=	1.6.2
+DISTVERSION=	1.6.4
 CATEGORIES=	net
 
 MAINTAINER=	toni@devboks.com
diff --git a/net/fort/distinfo b/net/fort/distinfo
index 0c852fdede0e..d700c614bdb8 100644
--- a/net/fort/distinfo
+++ b/net/fort/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1719114666
-SHA256 (NICMx-FORT-validator-1.6.2_GH0.tar.gz) = aa6149256b0557e617cb0ff7f290464ee5fd930a02e7f9169f42ce157db025bf
-SIZE (NICMx-FORT-validator-1.6.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 397203
+TIMESTAMP = 1733377653
+SHA256 (NICMx-FORT-validator-1.6.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 0ede489aeb2e60648c08b973cf527e3521dafacc5d49a4cf56b095f090b8e291
+SIZE (NICMx-FORT-validator-1.6.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 399588
diff --git a/net/fort/files/patch-src_xml_relax__ng.c b/net/fort/files/patch-src_xml_relax__ng.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 952d7b59a197..000000000000
--- a/net/fort/files/patch-src_xml_relax__ng.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
---- src/xml/relax_ng.c.orig	2024-06-23 04:09:22 UTC
-+++ src/xml/relax_ng.c
-@@ -35,8 +35,15 @@ relax_ng_log_warn(void *ctx, const char *msg, ...)
- 	VLOG_MSG(warn)
- }
- 
-+/* Signature changed at libxml2 commit 61034116d0a3c8b295c6137956adc3ae55720. */
-+#if LIBXML_VERSION >= 21200
-+#define XMLERROR_PARAMTYPE const xmlError *
-+#else
-+#define XMLERROR_PARAMTYPE xmlErrorPtr
-+#endif
-+
- static void
--relax_ng_log_str_err(void *userData, xmlErrorPtr error)
-+relax_ng_log_str_err(void *userData, XMLERROR_PARAMTYPE error)
- {
- 	char *ptr;
-