diff --git a/misc/ietf-cli/Makefile b/misc/ietf-cli/Makefile
index 10a343bf529..6eff13cc140 100644
--- a/misc/ietf-cli/Makefile
+++ b/misc/ietf-cli/Makefile
@@ -2,19 +2,20 @@ COMMENT=	command-line tools to work with RFCs and Internet Drafts
 
 GH_ACCOUNT=	paulehoffman
 GH_PROJECT=	ietf-cli
-GH_TAGNAME=	1.18
-REVISION=	1
+#GH_TAGNAME=	1.23
+# "Didn't check syntax" fix, parent commit is tagged 1.23
+GH_COMMIT=	3d61e38094fccb92f0e197932b49dcdfab5db228
+DISTNAME=	ietf-cli-1.23
 
 CATEGORIES=	misc net books
 
-HOMEPAGE=	https://trac.tools.ietf.org/tools/ietf-cli/
-
 MAINTAINER=	Klemens Nanni <kn@openbsd.org>
 
 # WTFPL
 PERMIT_PACKAGE=	Yes
 
 MODULES=	lang/python
+MODPY_BUILDDEP=	Yes
 
 NO_BUILD=	Yes
 NO_TEST=	Yes
diff --git a/misc/ietf-cli/distinfo b/misc/ietf-cli/distinfo
index eac371644af..a36a1e3f2b9 100644
--- a/misc/ietf-cli/distinfo
+++ b/misc/ietf-cli/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (ietf-cli-1.18.tar.gz) = jrdsiETI3WvXBe37pDeqGg6Lykshf6tFI7K0zd5sPfI=
-SIZE (ietf-cli-1.18.tar.gz) = 18238
+SHA256 (ietf-cli-1.23-3d61e380.tar.gz) = SzPaM5cv/GPG/TpMMxZeyr/Odffss23EE2SfAj8FyqI=
+SIZE (ietf-cli-1.23-3d61e380.tar.gz) = 18851
diff --git a/misc/ietf-cli/patches/patch-ietf b/misc/ietf-cli/patches/patch-ietf
index 2c34830475b..ae9cbddb512 100644
--- a/misc/ietf-cli/patches/patch-ietf
+++ b/misc/ietf-cli/patches/patch-ietf
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Adjust ConfigPlaces.
 Index: ietf
 --- ietf.orig
 +++ ietf
-@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ __license__ = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTFPL"
+@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ __license__ = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTFPL"
  
  KnownCmds = ("auth48", "author", "bcp", "bcponly", "charter", "conflict", "diff", "draft", "draftreport", \
  	 "iesg", "mirror", "rfc", "rfcextra", "rfcinfo", "rg", "std", "stdonly", "tools", "tracker", "foo")