diff --git a/x11-toolkits/fox16/Makefile b/x11-toolkits/fox16/Makefile
index 0a18ae216144..084ae75aab99 100644
--- a/x11-toolkits/fox16/Makefile
+++ b/x11-toolkits/fox16/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	fox
-PORTVERSION=	1.6.58
+PORTVERSION=	1.6.59
 CATEGORIES=	x11-toolkits
 MASTER_SITES=	http://fox-toolkit.org/ftp/ \
 		ftp://ftp.fox-toolkit.org/pub/
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--with-opengl --with-x --with-xim
 
 CPPFLAGS+=	-fPIC -Dregister=
 
-PLIST_SUB=	MAJORVER="${MAJORVER}"
+PLIST_SUB=	MAJORVER="${MAJORVER}" \
+		SOVERSION="${SOVERSION}"
 
 PORTDOCS=	*
 
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ XRENDER_CONFIGURE_ON=	--with-xrender=yes
 XRENDER_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--with-xrender=no
 
 MAJORVER=	${PORTVERSION:R}
+SOVERSION=	0.0.${PORTVERSION:E}
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ post-patch-APPS-off:
 		${WRKSRC}/Makefile.in
 
 post-install:
-	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/libCHART-${MAJORVER}.so.[0-9].*
-	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/libFOX-${MAJORVER}.so.[0-9].*
+	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/libCHART-${MAJORVER}.so.${SOVERSION}
+	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/libFOX-${MAJORVER}.so.${SOVERSION}
 
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/x11-toolkits/fox16/distinfo b/x11-toolkits/fox16/distinfo
index 28e17c7d06e1..7b7c1c67870e 100644
--- a/x11-toolkits/fox16/distinfo
+++ b/x11-toolkits/fox16/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1716613960
-SHA256 (fox-1.6.58.tar.gz) = 5a734b84d76d2f8e334e26ff85dd3950d3fedf53057a4d4b19fd4a712c8d5b81
-SIZE (fox-1.6.58.tar.gz) = 4427107
+TIMESTAMP = 1733119576
+SHA256 (fox-1.6.59.tar.gz) = 48f33d2dd5371c2d48f6518297f0ef5bbf3fcd37719e99f815dc6fc6e0f928ae
+SIZE (fox-1.6.59.tar.gz) = 4425213
diff --git a/x11-toolkits/fox16/pkg-plist b/x11-toolkits/fox16/pkg-plist
index da43df558516..1dffa9a8ad3f 100644
--- a/x11-toolkits/fox16/pkg-plist
+++ b/x11-toolkits/fox16/pkg-plist
@@ -294,11 +294,11 @@ include/fox-%%MAJORVER%%/xincs.h
 lib/libCHART-%%MAJORVER%%.a
 lib/libCHART-%%MAJORVER%%.so
 lib/libCHART-%%MAJORVER%%.so.0
-lib/libCHART-%%MAJORVER%%.so.0.0.58
+lib/libCHART-%%MAJORVER%%.so.%%SOVERSION%%
 lib/libFOX-%%MAJORVER%%.a
 lib/libFOX-%%MAJORVER%%.so
 lib/libFOX-%%MAJORVER%%.so.0
-lib/libFOX-%%MAJORVER%%.so.0.0.58
+lib/libFOX-%%MAJORVER%%.so.%%SOVERSION%%
 libdata/pkgconfig/fox.pc
 %%APPS%%share/man/man1/PathFinder-16.1.gz
 %%APPS%%share/man/man1/adie-16.1.gz