diff --git a/net/libfabric/Makefile b/net/libfabric/Makefile
index 16bcc72362ab3..0982273a977c6 100644
--- a/net/libfabric/Makefile
+++ b/net/libfabric/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	libfabric
-DISTVERSION=	1.14.0
+DISTVERSION=	1.15.1
 CATEGORIES=	net
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/ofiwg/${PORTNAME}/releases/download/v${DISTVERSION}/
 
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ COMMENT=	Open Fabric Interfaces
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	bash:shells/bash
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libepoll-shim.so:devel/libepoll-shim
 
 USES=		gmake libtool pkgconfig tar:bz2
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--disable-static
+CONFIGURE_SHELL=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/bash # workaround for https://github.com/ofiwg/libfabric/issues/7901
 
 CFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include/libepoll-shim
 LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib -lepoll-shim
diff --git a/net/libfabric/distinfo b/net/libfabric/distinfo
index 2927dd6244e68..77dfd3f16bbf7 100644
--- a/net/libfabric/distinfo
+++ b/net/libfabric/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1641507677
-SHA256 (libfabric-1.14.0.tar.bz2) = fc261388848f3cff555bd653f5cb901f6b9485ad285e5c53328b13f0e69f749a
-SIZE (libfabric-1.14.0.tar.bz2) = 1968425
+TIMESTAMP = 1658878617
+SHA256 (libfabric-1.15.1.tar.bz2) = cafa3005a9dc86064de179b0af4798ad30b46b2f862fe0268db03d13943e10cd
+SIZE (libfabric-1.15.1.tar.bz2) = 2226238
diff --git a/net/libfabric/pkg-plist b/net/libfabric/pkg-plist
index 34921c8d412fc..e95f0cefadfb7 100644
--- a/net/libfabric/pkg-plist
+++ b/net/libfabric/pkg-plist
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ include/rdma/fi_tagged.h
 include/rdma/fi_trigger.h
 lib/libfabric.so
 lib/libfabric.so.1
-lib/libfabric.so.1.17.0
+lib/libfabric.so.1.18.1
 libdata/pkgconfig/libfabric.pc
 man/man1/fi_info.1.gz
 man/man1/fi_pingpong.1.gz