diff --git a/sysutils/genext2fs/Portfile b/sysutils/genext2fs/Portfile
index d6f4c64bee8..f47c8661326 100644
--- a/sysutils/genext2fs/Portfile
+++ b/sysutils/genext2fs/Portfile
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 PortSystem          1.0
 PortGroup           github 1.0
 
-github.setup        bestouff genext2fs 1.5.0 v
+github.setup        bestouff genext2fs 1.6.2 v
 github.tarball_from archive
-revision            1
+revision            0
 
 categories          sysutils
 license             GPL-2
@@ -14,14 +14,9 @@ description         Ext2 filesystem image generator
 long_description    Genext2fs generates an ext2 filesystem as a normal (i.e. non-root) user
 homepage            https://genext2fs.sourceforge.net/
 
-checksums           sha1    4b06176c1c71b2818dc2f9d772346c5902238c33 \
-                    rmd160  972ec7eb2cf7450263a08f34458a55426119bbe8 \
-                    sha256  d3861e4fe89131bd21fbd25cf0b683b727b5c030c4c336fadcd738ada830aab0
-
-# see: https://github.com/bestouff/genext2fs/issues/28
-post-patch {
-    reinplace "s|1\.4\.2|${version}|g" ${worksrcpath}/configure.ac
-}
+checksums           rmd160  c232272f8e43bdef888433d87ff748140beca036 \
+                    sha256  b8aba9af48e664fa60134af696a57b3bb4ebd2b2878533d7611734e90b883ecc \
+                    size    56833
 
 use_autoreconf      yes
 autoreconf.cmd      ./autogen.sh