diff --git a/x11-wm/sway-devel/Makefile b/x11-wm/sway-devel/Makefile
index 8d7cbac7db84f..00e51d530f551 100644
--- a/x11-wm/sway-devel/Makefile
+++ b/x11-wm/sway-devel/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PORTNAME=	sway
-DISTVERSION?=	1.8.1-144 # git rev-list --count 1.8.1..
-DISTVERSIONSUFFIX?=	-g48d6eda3c
+DISTVERSION?=	1.8.1-148 # git rev-list --count 1.8.1..
+DISTVERSIONSUFFIX?=	-gb5cb49bce
 CATEGORIES=	x11-wm wayland
 PKGNAMESUFFIX?=	-devel
 
@@ -15,11 +15,9 @@ WWW?=		https://swaywm.org/
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-BROKEN=		fails to build after https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots/-/merge_requests/4043
-
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	evdev-proto>0:devel/evdev-proto \
 		wayland-protocols>=1.24:graphics/wayland-protocols \
-		wlroots>=0.16.0.368<0.17.0:x11-toolkits/wlroots
+		wlroots>=0.16.0.474<0.17.0:x11-toolkits/wlroots
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libjson-c.so:devel/json-c \
 		libevdev.so:devel/libevdev \
 		libudev.so:devel/libudev-devd \
diff --git a/x11-wm/sway-devel/distinfo b/x11-wm/sway-devel/distinfo
index 6b5ff8df339c7..091d20c69afb4 100644
--- a/x11-wm/sway-devel/distinfo
+++ b/x11-wm/sway-devel/distinfo
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1684594585
-SHA256 (swaywm-sway-1.8.1-144-g48d6eda3c_GH0.tar.gz) = c36185569e77370489ccc45f30c3981716792a7ae50773413d494ffef452e9b5
-SIZE (swaywm-sway-1.8.1-144-g48d6eda3c_GH0.tar.gz) = 5583555
+TIMESTAMP = 1685776332
+SHA256 (swaywm-sway-1.8.1-148-gb5cb49bce_GH0.tar.gz) = 80b6d65c4a184ed8c29a93633215eec487e558f729126b9a850abac830b02fad
+SIZE (swaywm-sway-1.8.1-148-gb5cb49bce_GH0.tar.gz) = 5583735
 SHA256 (cd9d1038a822.patch) = 266891cbe27a67f81740879dbe39819e3bf0f17b681bdc93087ae05987c2f88d
 SIZE (cd9d1038a822.patch) = 8968
 SHA256 (1f1c83e83a1a.patch) = 59d24c7e69a871d92b65095c46fc994900440453064dd70ffc7de2f0ff728655