diff --git a/user/plan9port/template.py b/user/plan9port/template.py
index 7bdbd6797e..1b4c55ea77 100644
--- a/user/plan9port/template.py
+++ b/user/plan9port/template.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 pkgname = "plan9port"
-pkgver = "0_git20240617"
+pkgver = "0_git20241022"
 pkgrel = 0
-_commit = "a2567fcac9851e5cc965a236679f568b0e79cff2"
+_commit = "61e362add9e1485bec1ab8261d729016850ec270"
 hostmakedepends = ["perl"]
 makedepends = [
     "fontconfig-devel",
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 license = "MIT"
 url = "https://9fans.github.io/plan9port"
 source = f"https://github.com/9fans/plan9port/archive/{_commit}.tar.gz"
-sha256 = "8460943461ec506e5bc73aac0671d6d7c6332fc3d686d10afcbcab8c08f85642"
+sha256 = "bc580e252e4b8cf11cb1fed5e7f9bc2ef93b05308c7522bc5602bf98b5efe472"
 options = ["!cross", "!lintstatic"]
 
 
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ def install(self):
     self.rm("install.log")
     self.rm("install.sum")
     self.rm("install.txt")
-    self.rm("*.patch", glob=True)
 
     self.install_files(".", "usr/lib", name="plan9")