diff --git a/science/nwchem/Makefile b/science/nwchem/Makefile
index f7e6818ec419..72a5f433ce63 100644
--- a/science/nwchem/Makefile
+++ b/science/nwchem/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 PORTNAME=	nwchem
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	7.2.2
+PORTREVISION=	1
 DISTVERSIONSUFFIX=	-release
 CATEGORIES=	science
 MASTER_SITES=	https://www.chemie.uni-bonn.de/pctc/mulliken-center/software/dft-d3/:dftd3 \
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ USE_PERL5=	build
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	nwchemgit
+GH_TAGNAME=	a83175e # hotfix/release-7-2-0 branch fixing extremely long compilation time with gmake-4.4.1
 
 MAKEFILE=	GNUmakefile
 ARCH_64BIT=	${ARCH:C/.*64.*/64/:S/${ARCH}//}
diff --git a/science/nwchem/distinfo b/science/nwchem/distinfo
index 53979e75eebe..3190e0fef6c8 100644
--- a/science/nwchem/distinfo
+++ b/science/nwchem/distinfo
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1711763757
+TIMESTAMP = 1712337297
 SHA256 (nwchem-7.2.2/dftd3.tgz) = d97cf9758f61aa81fd85425448fbf4a6e8ce07c12e9236739831a3af32880f59
 SIZE (nwchem-7.2.2/dftd3.tgz) = 555804
 SHA256 (nwchem-7.2.2/libxc-6.1.0.tar.gz) = f593745fa47ebfb9ddc467aaafdc2fa1275f0d7250c692ce9761389a90dd8eaf
 SIZE (nwchem-7.2.2/libxc-6.1.0.tar.gz) = 64587311
-SHA256 (nwchem-7.2.2/nwchemgit-nwchem-v7.2.2-release_GH0.tar.gz) = a33491c8c55a60610ffab5f73e8ce5001941589548421275dabe58b6063179e7
-SIZE (nwchem-7.2.2/nwchemgit-nwchem-v7.2.2-release_GH0.tar.gz) = 210856591
+SHA256 (nwchem-7.2.2/nwchemgit-nwchem-v7.2.2-release-a83175e_GH0.tar.gz) = 7166f42d9120e25ce063642303f2e55e6a79b865b364068bfbc20d76a9a356fb
+SIZE (nwchem-7.2.2/nwchemgit-nwchem-v7.2.2-release-a83175e_GH0.tar.gz) = 210857894