diff --git a/comms/tio/Makefile b/comms/tio/Makefile
index 6943a0eff37e..ffe48163e40d 100644
--- a/comms/tio/Makefile
+++ b/comms/tio/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	tio
-DISTVERSION=	3.8
+DISTVERSION=	3.9
 CATEGORIES=	comms
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/releases/download/v${DISTVERSION}/
 
diff --git a/comms/tio/distinfo b/comms/tio/distinfo
index dab8d5e5e72e..093e5ea0f592 100644
--- a/comms/tio/distinfo
+++ b/comms/tio/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1740185551
-SHA256 (tio-3.8.tar.xz) = a24c69e59b53cf72a147db2566b6ff3b6a018579684caa4b16ce36614b2b68d4
-SIZE (tio-3.8.tar.xz) = 3460060
+TIMESTAMP = 1745252981
+SHA256 (tio-3.9.tar.xz) = 06fe0c22e3e75274643c017928fbc85e86589bc1acd515d92f98eecd4bbab11b
+SIZE (tio-3.9.tar.xz) = 3460500
diff --git a/comms/tio/files/patch-src_meson.build b/comms/tio/files/patch-src_meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5f8e7399e153
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comms/tio/files/patch-src_meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- src/meson.build.orig	2025-04-21 16:31:39 UTC
++++ src/meson.build
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ # Generate version header
+-version_h = vcs_tag(command : ['git', 'describe', '--tags', '--always', '--dirty'],
++version_h = vcs_tag(command : ['false'],
+                         input : 'version.h.in',
+                         output :'version.h',
+                         replace_string:'@VERSION@')