diff --git a/devel/readline/Makefile b/devel/readline/Makefile
index 98fbd0aa76c9..9eb68e7ea024 100644
--- a/devel/readline/Makefile
+++ b/devel/readline/Makefile
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ CPE_VENDOR=	gnu
 CPE_VERSION=	${PORTVERSION:R}
 
 # https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-8.2-patches/
-#PATCHES=	1
+PATCHES=	1
 .if defined(PATCHES)
 CPE_UPDATE=	${PATCHLEVEL}
 PATCHLEVEL=	${PATCHES:O:[-1]}
-#.for patch in ${PATCHES}
-#PATCHFILES+=	${PORTNAME}${PORTVERSION:R:S|.||}-${patch:S|^|00|:S|.*(...)$|\1|}
-#.endfor
+.for patch in ${PATCHES}
+PATCHFILES+=	${PORTNAME}${PORTVERSION:R:S|.||}-${patch:S|^|00|:S|.*(...)$|\1|}
+.endfor
 .else
 PATCHLEVEL=	0
 .endif
diff --git a/devel/readline/distinfo b/devel/readline/distinfo
index be5951e2205f..d735b4d6fef3 100644
--- a/devel/readline/distinfo
+++ b/devel/readline/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1664711871
+TIMESTAMP = 1679498530
 SHA256 (readline-8.2.tar.gz) = 3feb7171f16a84ee82ca18a36d7b9be109a52c04f492a053331d7d1095007c35
 SIZE (readline-8.2.tar.gz) = 3043952
+SHA256 (readline82-001) = bbf97f1ec40a929edab5aa81998c1e2ef435436c597754916e6a5868f273aff7
+SIZE (readline82-001) = 1198