diff --git a/x11-wm/dwl/Makefile b/x11-wm/dwl/Makefile
index 834e402a0318..c294247beed0 100644
--- a/x11-wm/dwl/Makefile
+++ b/x11-wm/dwl/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 PORTNAME=	dwl
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	0.5
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	0.6
 CATEGORIES=	x11-wm wayland
 MASTER_SITES=	https://codeberg.org/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/archive/${DISTVERSIONFULL}${EXTRACT_SUFX}?dummy=/
 
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	libwayland-server.so:graphics/wayland \
 USES=		compiler:c11 gmake pkgconfig
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}
 EXTRA_PATCHES=	${${PORTNAME:tu}_PATCHES}
-MAKE_ARGS=	VERSION="${DISTVERSIONFULL}"
+MAKE_ARGS=	CC="${CC}" VERSION="${DISTVERSIONFULL}"
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/${PORTNAME} \
 		share/man/man1/${PORTNAME}.1.gz \
 		share/wayland-sessions/${PORTNAME}.desktop
diff --git a/x11-wm/dwl/distinfo b/x11-wm/dwl/distinfo
index 15da3409b225..ceb4925e4998 100644
--- a/x11-wm/dwl/distinfo
+++ b/x11-wm/dwl/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1700893691
-SHA256 (dwl-v0.5.tar.gz) = c72ee72d2e88b663bacf06ef25cbdfcbc3d569e4de265ee66070fdd6c72a005b
-SIZE (dwl-v0.5.tar.gz) = 57850
+TIMESTAMP = 1720910041
+SHA256 (dwl-v0.6.tar.gz) = 50b96ae5d11dc269b24e2aa021eb4c2eb6e37c58ccae215bc3e1f0c19013ec0f
+SIZE (dwl-v0.6.tar.gz) = 63535