diff --git a/security/easy-rsa/Makefile b/security/easy-rsa/Makefile
index 52c2ec6782b23..64b15152162ca 100644
--- a/security/easy-rsa/Makefile
+++ b/security/easy-rsa/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	easy-rsa
-DISTVERSION=	3.1.1
+DISTVERSION=	3.1.2
 CATEGORIES=	security net-mgmt
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/OpenVPN/easy-rsa/releases/download/v${DISTVERSION}/ \
 		LOCAL/mandree/
diff --git a/security/easy-rsa/distinfo b/security/easy-rsa/distinfo
index 196b1bb67416a..40e48703cd35f 100644
--- a/security/easy-rsa/distinfo
+++ b/security/easy-rsa/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1665821482
-SHA256 (EasyRSA-3.1.1.tgz) = 779d425cacf1de56262b7a7ed6b90b36e614ce9273f08ad7b86992740cb3b2a5
-SIZE (EasyRSA-3.1.1.tgz) = 68434
+TIMESTAMP = 1673650689
+SHA256 (EasyRSA-3.1.2.tgz) = d63cf129490ffd6d8792ede7344806c506c82c32428b5bb609ad97ca6a6e4499
+SIZE (EasyRSA-3.1.2.tgz) = 68984
diff --git a/security/easy-rsa/files/patch-easyrsa b/security/easy-rsa/files/patch-easyrsa
deleted file mode 100644
index c0141db47a8d0..0000000000000
--- a/security/easy-rsa/files/patch-easyrsa
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-workaround to fix https://github.com/OpenVPN/easy-rsa/issues/725
-
---- easyrsa.orig	2022-10-13 11:37:48 UTC
-+++ easyrsa
-@@ -1317,7 +1317,7 @@ Missing X509-type 'COMMON'"
- 
- 	# Check for insert-marker in ssl config file
- 	if ! grep -q '^#%CA_X509_TYPES_EXTRA_EXTS%' "$EASYRSA_SSL_CONF"; then
--		die "\
-+		warn "\
- The copy of openssl-easyrsa.cnf in use does not support X509-type 'ca'.
- * $EASYRSA_SSL_CONF
- Please update openssl-easyrsa.cnf to the latest official release."