diff --git a/devel/libuv/Makefile b/devel/libuv/Makefile
index 42815e28babd..19780ee92501 100644
--- a/devel/libuv/Makefile
+++ b/devel/libuv/Makefile
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	libuv
-PORTVERSION=	1.38.1
-DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
+DISTVERSION=	1.39.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel
+MASTER_SITES=	https://dist.libuv.org/dist/v${DISTVERSION}/
+DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-v${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	thierry@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O
@@ -14,15 +15,11 @@ LICENSE_NAME=	NODE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 LICENSE_PERMS=	dist-mirror dist-sell pkg-mirror pkg-sell auto-accept
 
-USE_GITHUB=	yes
-
 USES=		autoreconf libtool pathfix pkgconfig
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 
-TEST_TARGET=	check
-
 pre-configure:
 	${ECHO_CMD} "m4_define([UV_EXTRA_AUTOMAKE_FLAGS], [ serial-tests])" \
 		> ${WRKSRC}/m4/libuv-extra-automake-flags.m4
diff --git a/devel/libuv/distinfo b/devel/libuv/distinfo
index 7eda3234c95f..3e76398b5b3d 100644
--- a/devel/libuv/distinfo
+++ b/devel/libuv/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1593873252
-SHA256 (libuv-libuv-v1.38.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 2177fca2426ac60c20f654323656e843dac4f568d46674544b78f416697bd32c
-SIZE (libuv-libuv-v1.38.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 1262516
+TIMESTAMP = 1598466675
+SHA256 (libuv-v1.39.0.tar.gz) = 5c52de5bdcfb322dbe10f98feb56e45162e668ad08bc28ab4b914d4f79911697
+SIZE (libuv-v1.39.0.tar.gz) = 1261416