diff --git a/archivers/gcab/Makefile b/archivers/gcab/Makefile
index 0983db50560d..ff7a739c77ef 100644
--- a/archivers/gcab/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/gcab/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	gcab
-PORTVERSION=	1.5
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	1.6
 CATEGORIES=	archivers gnome
 MASTER_SITES=	GNOME
 
@@ -12,8 +11,8 @@ LICENSE=	LGPL21
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 USES=		cpe gettext gnome meson pkgconfig tar:xz vala:build
-USE_GNOME=	glib20 introspection:build
 CPE_VENDOR=	gnome
+USE_GNOME=	glib20 introspection:build
 
 MESON_ARGS=	-Ddocs=false
 
diff --git a/archivers/gcab/distinfo b/archivers/gcab/distinfo
index 2a03c34a5035..8e2d3231b1eb 100644
--- a/archivers/gcab/distinfo
+++ b/archivers/gcab/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1665815272
-SHA256 (gcab-1.5.tar.xz) = 46bf7442491faa4148242b9ec2a0786a5f6e9effb1b0566e5290e8cc86f00f0c
-SIZE (gcab-1.5.tar.xz) = 81728
+TIMESTAMP = 1715848489
+SHA256 (gcab-1.6.tar.xz) = 2f0c9615577c4126909e251f9de0626c3ee7a152376c15b5544df10fc87e560b
+SIZE (gcab-1.6.tar.xz) = 82088
diff --git a/archivers/gcab/files/patch-meson.build b/archivers/gcab/files/patch-meson.build
deleted file mode 100644
index d5f48ad7661d..000000000000
--- a/archivers/gcab/files/patch-meson.build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- meson.build.orig	2022-10-15 12:50:55 UTC
-+++ meson.build
-@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git = find_program('git', required: false)
- 
- git_version = []
- git = find_program('git', required: false)
--if git.found()
-+if git.found() and false
-   git_version = run_command(git, 'describe', '--abbrev=4', '--dirty', check: true).stdout().strip().split('-')
- endif
- 
diff --git a/archivers/gcab/pkg-plist b/archivers/gcab/pkg-plist
index 0fab5c226865..338644758c36 100644
--- a/archivers/gcab/pkg-plist
+++ b/archivers/gcab/pkg-plist
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ include/libgcab-1.0/libgcab/gcab-folder.h
 lib/girepository-1.0/GCab-1.0.typelib
 lib/libgcab-1.0.so
 lib/libgcab-1.0.so.0
-lib/libgcab-1.0.so.0.2.0
+lib/libgcab-1.0.so.0.3.0
 libdata/pkgconfig/libgcab-1.0.pc
 share/man/man1/gcab.1.gz
 share/gir-1.0/GCab-1.0.gir