diff --git a/ftp/axel/Makefile b/ftp/axel/Makefile
index f20daa6a005b9..3561557a5f553 100644
--- a/ftp/axel/Makefile
+++ b/ftp/axel/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 PORTNAME=	axel
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	2.17.12
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	2.17.14
 CATEGORIES=	ftp
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
diff --git a/ftp/axel/distinfo b/ftp/axel/distinfo
index 77053091a1981..b1bde8a8e87de 100644
--- a/ftp/axel/distinfo
+++ b/ftp/axel/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1706603341
-SHA256 (axel-download-accelerator-axel-v2.17.12_GH0.tar.gz) = 0ba5fa5ffd919faa51b0e55717a59f9475c2913095bc14c27c2e24ab2dad3ce9
-SIZE (axel-download-accelerator-axel-v2.17.12_GH0.tar.gz) = 105170
+TIMESTAMP = 1712636472
+SHA256 (axel-download-accelerator-axel-v2.17.14_GH0.tar.gz) = f6f2a5369d78003ab162a774cff0be71096bea6929333a79c8168c82caced07d
+SIZE (axel-download-accelerator-axel-v2.17.14_GH0.tar.gz) = 105586
diff --git a/ftp/axel/files/patch-src_random.c b/ftp/axel/files/patch-src_random.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 57fdefa7ace50..0000000000000
--- a/ftp/axel/files/patch-src_random.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- src/random.c.orig	2022-11-25 01:30:10 UTC
-+++ src/random.c
-@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
- ssize_t
- axel_rand64(uint64_t *out)
- {
--	static int fd = -1;
-+	static atomic_int fd = -1;
- 	if (fd == -1) {
- 		int tmp = open("/dev/random", O_RDONLY);
- 		int expect = -1;