diff --git a/security/libscrypt/Makefile b/security/libscrypt/Makefile
index a9b930d307d0..e605e65183af 100644
--- a/security/libscrypt/Makefile
+++ b/security/libscrypt/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Created by: Horia Racoviceanu <horia@racoviceanu.com>
 
 PORTNAME=	libscrypt
-PORTVERSION=	1.21
+PORTVERSION=	1.22
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 CATEGORIES=	security
 
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ GH_ACCOUNT=	technion
 MAKE_ARGS=	CC="${CC}" LIBDIR="${PREFIX}"/lib
 TEST_TARGET=	check
 
+CFLAGS+=	-fPIC
+
 PLIST_FILES=	include/libscrypt.h \
 		lib/libscrypt.so \
 		lib/libscrypt.so.0
diff --git a/security/libscrypt/distinfo b/security/libscrypt/distinfo
index 97018920eefb..f2e57c774f8d 100644
--- a/security/libscrypt/distinfo
+++ b/security/libscrypt/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1481477417
-SHA256 (technion-libscrypt-v1.21_GH0.tar.gz) = 68e377e79745c10d489b759b970e52d819dbb80dd8ca61f8c975185df3f457d3
-SIZE (technion-libscrypt-v1.21_GH0.tar.gz) = 19425
+TIMESTAMP = 1647728020
+SHA256 (technion-libscrypt-v1.22_GH0.tar.gz) = a2d30ea16e6d288772791de68be56153965fe4fd4bcd787777618b8048708936
+SIZE (technion-libscrypt-v1.22_GH0.tar.gz) = 19495