diff --git a/cad/xyce/Makefile b/cad/xyce/Makefile
index 43e749dec0e9..7565df305192 100644
--- a/cad/xyce/Makefile
+++ b/cad/xyce/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 PORTNAME=	xyce
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	Release-
-DISTVERSION=	7.8.0
-PORTREVISION=	7
+DISTVERSION=	7.9.0
 CATEGORIES=	cad
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
@@ -42,6 +41,8 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS=	LEX=/usr/bin/flex \
 		--enable-amesos \
 		--enable-shared \
 		--disable-static
+CFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include/kokkos # https://github.com/Xyce/Xyce/issues/137
+CXXFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include/kokkos # https://github.com/Xyce/Xyce/issues/137
 
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 
diff --git a/cad/xyce/distinfo b/cad/xyce/distinfo
index da99693e914a..2c317698e96a 100644
--- a/cad/xyce/distinfo
+++ b/cad/xyce/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1702614493
-SHA256 (Xyce-Xyce-Release-7.8.0_GH0.tar.gz) = f763b7d5ad6defd25d2c7e5cc95155958cd12510a5e22a179daab459b21fa713
-SIZE (Xyce-Xyce-Release-7.8.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 23405203
+TIMESTAMP = 1743235265
+SHA256 (Xyce-Xyce-Release-7.9.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 36ea88736b5e2012f28755588c857c88ed5dab5f4eccd3f59c6f42e6320fee4e
+SIZE (Xyce-Xyce-Release-7.9.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 26009560