diff --git a/devel/pear-XML_Util/Makefile b/devel/pear-XML_Util/Makefile
index 504cc1cb05b4..527275c3c82e 100644
--- a/devel/pear-XML_Util/Makefile
+++ b/devel/pear-XML_Util/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Created by: Alex Miller (<asm@asm.kiev.ua>)
 
 PORTNAME=	XML_Util
-PORTVERSION=	1.4.4
+PORTVERSION=	1.4.5
 CATEGORIES=	devel www pear
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ COMMENT=	PEAR XML utility class
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 
-NO_ARCH=	yes
 USES=		pear
+USE_PHP=	pcre
+
+NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/pear-XML_Util/distinfo b/devel/pear-XML_Util/distinfo
index 6ec2c86f0e6a..32dc9412bb9d 100644
--- a/devel/pear-XML_Util/distinfo
+++ b/devel/pear-XML_Util/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1577617246
-SHA256 (PEAR/XML_Util-1.4.4.tgz) = 6d32c1efbc26b502f1b53b1aa3e82de8a3fe82d4ac0ab0198d2d9be7378922fc
-SIZE (PEAR/XML_Util-1.4.4.tgz) = 19069
+TIMESTAMP = 1625585474
+SHA256 (PEAR/XML_Util-1.4.5.tgz) = e0f8736cb47ce9dd32814de45425ff03ad55a72ba8bb757e42c456f861feedf6
+SIZE (PEAR/XML_Util-1.4.5.tgz) = 19191
diff --git a/devel/pear-XML_Util/pkg-descr b/devel/pear-XML_Util/pkg-descr
index 30b3f3675788..e82df27e0818 100644
--- a/devel/pear-XML_Util/pkg-descr
+++ b/devel/pear-XML_Util/pkg-descr
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Selection of methods that are often needed when working with XML
-documents. Functionality includes creating of attribute lists from
-arrays, creation of tags, validation of XML names and more.
+Selection of methods that are often needed when working with XML documents.
+Functionality includes creating of attribute lists from arrays, creation of
+tags, validation of XML names and more.
 
 WWW: https://pear.php.net/package/XML_Util