diff --git a/games/freedink-data/DETAILS b/games/freedink-data/DETAILS
index a4c60b4d757..f5022c716c7 100644
--- a/games/freedink-data/DETAILS
+++ b/games/freedink-data/DETAILS
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
           MODULE=freedink-data
 # Also check for freedink version. They are not always the same.
-         VERSION=1.08.20170409
+         VERSION=1.08.20190120
           SOURCE=${MODULE}-${VERSION}.tar.gz
       SOURCE_URL=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/freedink/
-      SOURCE_VFY=sha256:e1f1e23c7846bc74479610a65cc0169906e844c5193f0d83ba69accc54a3bdf5
+      SOURCE_VFY=sha256:715f44773b05b73a9ec9b62b0e152f3f281be1a1512fbaaa386176da94cffb9d
         WEB_SITE=https://www.gnu.org/software/freedink/index.html
          ENTERED=20130822
-         UPDATED=20181225
+         UPDATED=20230802
            SHORT="A version of the Dink Smallwood game engine data"
 ARCHIVE=off
 cat <<EOF
diff --git a/games/freedink/BUILD b/games/freedink/BUILD
index 1eae156385a..349cbc8d2f5 100644
--- a/games/freedink/BUILD
+++ b/games/freedink/BUILD
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
+OPTS+=" --disable-tests"
+
 default_game_build
diff --git a/games/freedink/DETAILS b/games/freedink/DETAILS
index c862039dd06..f0ba481fe7c 100644
--- a/games/freedink/DETAILS
+++ b/games/freedink/DETAILS
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
           MODULE=freedink
 # Also check for freedink-data version. They are not always the same.
-         VERSION=108.4
+         VERSION=109.6
           SOURCE=${MODULE}-${VERSION}.tar.gz
-      SOURCE_URL=http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/freedink/
-      SOURCE_VFY=sha256:82cfb2e019e78b6849395dc4750662b67087d14f406d004f6d9e39e96a0c8521
+      SOURCE_URL=$GNU_URL/freedink/
+      SOURCE_VFY=sha256:5e0b35ac8f46d7bb87e656efd5f9c7c2ac1a6c519a908fc5b581e52657981002
         WEB_SITE=http://www.gnu.org/software/freedink/index.html
          ENTERED=20130822
-         UPDATED=20181225
+         UPDATED=20230802
            SHORT="A version of the Dink Smallwood game engine"
 
 cat <<EOF
diff --git a/games/freedink/PRE_BUILD b/games/freedink/PRE_BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..de12ad6f5ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games/freedink/PRE_BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+default_pre_build &&
+
+sedit 's@SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_ANDROID_SEPARATE_MOUSE_AND_TOUCH@//&@' src/input.cpp
diff --git a/games/freedink/patch.d/001-const_gfx_fonts.patch b/games/freedink/patch.d/001-const_gfx_fonts.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8b3224d9dfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games/freedink/patch.d/001-const_gfx_fonts.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+ src/gfx_fonts.cpp | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/gfx_fonts.cpp b/src/gfx_fonts.cpp
+index b00816e..2cedd8a 100644
+--- a/src/gfx_fonts.cpp
++++ b/src/gfx_fonts.cpp
+@@ -293,10 +293,10 @@ void set_font_color(int no, int r, int g, int b)
+  */
+ void setup_font(TTF_Font *font)
+ {
+-  char *familyname = TTF_FontFaceFamilyName(font);
++  const char *familyname = TTF_FontFaceFamilyName(font);
+   if(familyname)
+     log_info("The family name of the face in the font is: %s", familyname);
+-  char *stylename = TTF_FontFaceStyleName(font);
++  const char *stylename = TTF_FontFaceStyleName(font);
+   if(stylename)
+     log_info("The name of the face in the font is: %s", stylename);
+   log_info("The font max height is: %d", TTF_FontHeight(font));