diff --git a/sysutils/ddrescue/Makefile b/sysutils/ddrescue/Makefile
index 53d3ec8488cc..22546ee38b77 100644
--- a/sysutils/ddrescue/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/ddrescue/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	ddrescue
-DISTVERSION=	1.9
+DISTVERSION=	1.11
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 MASTER_SITES=	GNU
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ COMMENT=	Data recovery tool
 HAS_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	CC="${CC}" CXX="${CXX}" CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"\
 		CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}"
-USE_BZIP2=	yes
+USE_GZIP=	yes
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/${PORTNAME}
 MAN1=	${PORTNAME}.1
 INFO=	${PORTNAME}
diff --git a/sysutils/ddrescue/distinfo b/sysutils/ddrescue/distinfo
index 2b42c62230ec..c18b005886a5 100644
--- a/sysutils/ddrescue/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/ddrescue/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-MD5 (ddrescue-1.9.tar.bz2) = f580e4e535b1b6a8997dd0929361c17d
-SHA256 (ddrescue-1.9.tar.bz2) = 2248f72a9b31d1f5d9399163ff735ba57bf845b0ab8adcd8500e3abfe80bdb8d
-SIZE (ddrescue-1.9.tar.bz2) = 43855
+MD5 (ddrescue-1.11.tar.gz) = 7146046bb1851351d1337bb1f5b4e903
+SHA256 (ddrescue-1.11.tar.gz) = f7772231a8801a4fafd2ea62bbbbfa96f9cbb5bfb63ed5ba58d544bb129aa622
+SIZE (ddrescue-1.11.tar.gz) = 50259