diff --git a/news/nzbhydra2/Makefile b/news/nzbhydra2/Makefile
index 64c70e61ef38..18b85f92246b 100644
--- a/news/nzbhydra2/Makefile
+++ b/news/nzbhydra2/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PORTNAME=	nzbhydra2
-DISTVERSION=	4.7.2
+DISTVERSION=	4.7.4
 DISTVERSIONSUFFIX=	-linux
 CATEGORIES=	news java
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/theotherp/${PORTNAME}/releases/download/v${DISTVERSION}/
 
-MAINTAINER=	daniel@shafer.cc
+MAINTAINER=	marcel@herrbischoff.com
 COMMENT=	Usenet meta search
 WWW=		https://github.com/theotherp/nzbhydra2
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ SUB_FILES=	nzbhydra2
 SUB_LIST=	PYTHON_CMD=${PYTHON_CMD} \
 		JAVA=${JAVA}
 
-JAVA_VERSION=	8+
+JAVA_VERSION=	17+
 JAVA_VENDOR=	openjdk
 JAVA_RUN=	yes
 
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ post-extract:
 	# Cleanup unnecessary files
 	@${RM} -r ${WRKSRC}/systemd ${WRKSRC}/sysv ${WRKSRC}/rc.d ${WRKSRC}/upstart ${WRKSRC}/nzbhydra2wrapper.py
 
+pre-install:
+	# temp fix for https://github.com/theotherp/nzbhydra2/issues/812
+	${RM} -r ${WRKSRC}/data
+
 do-install:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}/${DATADIR}
 	${INSTALL} -d -m 755 ${STAGEDIR}/${DATADIR}
diff --git a/news/nzbhydra2/distinfo b/news/nzbhydra2/distinfo
index 95d660816b3c..14f3161ecf8a 100644
--- a/news/nzbhydra2/distinfo
+++ b/news/nzbhydra2/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1669893469
-SHA256 (nzbhydra2-4.7.2-linux.zip) = 3d3f281563e64d104a59b47ba337b7ee2ffcbdb0574cfd6874640f5ad3470ca5
-SIZE (nzbhydra2-4.7.2-linux.zip) = 83317938
+TIMESTAMP = 1671278127
+SHA256 (nzbhydra2-4.7.4-linux.zip) = 70ca65452f1e80f010a61bd5a760961efcab04e06cd0599403b174af753d8a84
+SIZE (nzbhydra2-4.7.4-linux.zip) = 83396533
diff --git a/news/nzbhydra2/files/nzbhydra2.in b/news/nzbhydra2/files/nzbhydra2.in
index ff4a9fa85df0..490cceb158c0 100644
--- a/news/nzbhydra2/files/nzbhydra2.in
+++ b/news/nzbhydra2/files/nzbhydra2.in
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ start_precmd=nzbhydra2_precmd
 nzbhydra2_precmd() 
 {
 	export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=${nzbhydra2_data_dir}
+	export NZBHYDRA_DISABLE_UPDATE=1
 
 	if [ -f ${pidfile} ]; then
 		rm -f ${pidfile}