diff --git a/devel/gpds/Makefile b/devel/gpds/Makefile
index 2e7ebd6bdded6..9ed1bd2e653f3 100644
--- a/devel/gpds/Makefile
+++ b/devel/gpds/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	gpds
-DISTVERSION=	1.8.3
+DISTVERSION=	1.8.4
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	jbo@FreeBSD.org
@@ -9,21 +9,16 @@ WWW=		https://github.com/simulton/gpds
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/license.txt
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	tinyxml2>10:textproc/tinyxml2
+RUN_DEPENDS=	tinyxml2>10:textproc/tinyxml2
+
 USES=		cmake compiler:c++20-lang
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	simulton
 
-CMAKE_ON=	GPDS_BUILD_STATIC GPDS_BUILD_SHARED
+CMAKE_ON=	GPDS_BUILD_STATIC GPDS_BUILD_SHARED GPDS_DEPENDENCY_TINYXML2_FINDPACKAGE
 CMAKE_OFF=	GPDS_BUILD_EXAMPLES GPDS_BUILD_TESTS
 
 PLIST_SUB=	SOVERSION="${DISTVERSION}"
 
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=		SPDLOG
-OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	SPDLOG
-OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
-
-SPDLOG_DESC=		Enable (de)serialization interface for spdlog
-SPDLOG_RUN_DEPENDS=	spdlog>=1.9.0:devel/spdlog
-SPDLOG_CMAKE_BOOL=	GPDS_FEATURE_SPDLOG
-
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/gpds/distinfo b/devel/gpds/distinfo
index 6d180943148f6..7bb021e66fb7c 100644
--- a/devel/gpds/distinfo
+++ b/devel/gpds/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1707081558
-SHA256 (simulton-gpds-1.8.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 3f3d65ea9c373a7175e1f8d87771233cc41c3351715da3fdaf5d472da7e68d4c
-SIZE (simulton-gpds-1.8.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 875674
+TIMESTAMP = 1708210687
+SHA256 (simulton-gpds-1.8.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 8b1219a99f16cc900eee03e59326cb96a07463137437aa890365a1a9aed94481
+SIZE (simulton-gpds-1.8.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 875582
diff --git a/devel/gpds/pkg-plist b/devel/gpds/pkg-plist
index 04699fc7789e8..d4fc4806050a1 100644
--- a/devel/gpds/pkg-plist
+++ b/devel/gpds/pkg-plist
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ include/gpds/archiver_yaml.hpp
 include/gpds/attributes.hpp
 include/gpds/container.hpp
 include/gpds/serialize.hpp
-%%SPDLOG%%include/gpds/spdlog_sink.hpp
+include/gpds/spdlog_sink.hpp
 include/gpds/utils.hpp
 include/gpds/value.hpp
 lib/cmake/gpds/gpds-config-version.cmake