diff --git a/devel/hoel/Makefile b/devel/hoel/Makefile
index 14b871c60b03..18bf2ad4a681 100644
--- a/devel/hoel/Makefile
+++ b/devel/hoel/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PORTNAME=	hoel
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.4.14
+DISTVERSION=	1.4.18
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	dvl@FreeBSD.org
@@ -9,38 +9,25 @@ COMMENT=	Database abstraction library written in C
 LICENSE=	LGPL21
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-USES=		cmake
+LIB_DEPENDS=	libjansson.so:devel/jansson \
+		liborcania.so:devel/orcania \
+		libyder.so:devel/yder
+
+USES=		cmake localbase:ldflags
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	babelouest
 
-LIB_DEPENDS+=	libjansson.so:devel/jansson
-LIB_DEPENDS+=	liborcania.so:devel/orcania
-
-BUILD_DEPENDS+=	orcania>0:devel/orcania
-BUILD_DEPENDS+=	yder>0:devel/yder
-
-RUN_DEPENDS+=	jansson>0:devel/jansson
-RUN_DEPENDS+=	yder>0:devel/yder
-
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=	MARIADB PGSQL SQLITE3
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=	MARIADB PGSQL SQLITE
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	PGSQL
 
-PGSQL_DESC=	Use PostgreSQL as backend
-SQLITE3_DESC=	Use SQLite 3 as backend
-MARIADB_DESC=	Use MariaDB as backend
-
-MARIADB_USES=	mariadb
-PGSQL_USES=	pgsql
-SQLITE3_USES=	sqlite3
+MARIADB_DESC=	MariaDB database support
 
+MARIADB_USES=		mysql:105m
 MARIADB_CMAKE_BOOL=	WITH_MARIADB
+PGSQL_USES=		pgsql
 PGSQL_CMAKE_BOOL=	WITH_PGSQL
-SQLITE3_CMAKE_BOOL=	WITH_SQLITE3
-
-CMAKE_ARGS=	-DWITH_JOURNALD=off
-# -DWITH_PGSQL=on
-# -DWITH_SQLITE3=off
-# -DWITH_MARIADB=off
+SQLITE_USES=		sqlite
+SQLITE_CMAKE_BOOL=	WITH_SQLITE3
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/hoel/distinfo b/devel/hoel/distinfo
index 66f3f80048e5..ebfea64db26b 100644
--- a/devel/hoel/distinfo
+++ b/devel/hoel/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1640726967
-SHA256 (babelouest-hoel-v1.4.14_GH0.tar.gz) = 613920cb9ab7cebb1435117f8f750b19b93b7eae2ce7204bef0564b882a2333d
-SIZE (babelouest-hoel-v1.4.14_GH0.tar.gz) = 203595
+TIMESTAMP = 1640907903
+SHA256 (babelouest-hoel-v1.4.18_GH0.tar.gz) = 5013533001ac30f3b9f290a1f6de9de9e73d9ba2be21689f9963cafeeb779d30
+SIZE (babelouest-hoel-v1.4.18_GH0.tar.gz) = 84222
diff --git a/devel/hoel/pkg-plist b/devel/hoel/pkg-plist
index 75646e234adb..3dd4047bea0e 100644
--- a/devel/hoel/pkg-plist
+++ b/devel/hoel/pkg-plist
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ include/hoel-cfg.h
 include/hoel.h
 lib/libhoel.so
 lib/libhoel.so.1.4
-lib/libhoel.so.1.4.14
+lib/libhoel.so.1.4.18
 libdata/pkgconfig/libhoel.pc