diff --git a/databases/sqlports/Makefile b/databases/sqlports/Makefile
index 1ff1208804d..32fc6c0ed9e 100644
--- a/databases/sqlports/Makefile
+++ b/databases/sqlports/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 CATEGORIES =		databases
-V =			7.52
+V =			7.53
 DISTNAME =		sqlports-$V
 DISTFILES =
 COMMENT-main =		sqlite database of ports
diff --git a/databases/sqlports/files/Var.pm b/databases/sqlports/files/Var.pm
index 0a8cbdc9b56..78956500f15 100644
--- a/databases/sqlports/files/Var.pm
+++ b/databases/sqlports/files/Var.pm
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $OpenBSD: Var.pm,v 1.75 2023/11/11 11:53:07 espie Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: Var.pm,v 1.76 2025/11/03 14:46:04 sthen Exp $
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2006-2010 Marc Espie <espie@openbsd.org>
 #
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ sub expr($self)
 qq{CASE $q
   WHEN 0 THEN $v
   WHEN 1 THEN '"'||$v||'"'
-  WHEN 2 THEN "'"||$v||"'"
+  WHEN 2 THEN ''''||$v||''''
 END};
 }
 
diff --git a/databases/sqlports/files/scripts/print-ports-index b/databases/sqlports/files/scripts/print-ports-index
index 4e99e5c53d2..80c09faa82f 100644
--- a/databases/sqlports/files/scripts/print-ports-index
+++ b/databases/sqlports/files/scripts/print-ports-index
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# $OpenBSD: print-ports-index,v 1.12 2019/07/14 11:27:19 espie Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: print-ports-index,v 1.13 2025/11/03 14:46:04 sthen Exp $
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2018 Marc Espie <espie@openbsd.org>
 #
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ cat <<'EOSQL' |sqlite3 $file
 with 
     d1 (d, p, t) as 
 	(select 
-	    distinct((case pkgspec when '' then '' else pkgspec||":" end)||_paths.fullpkgpath) as fd,
+	    distinct((case pkgspec when '' then '' else pkgspec||':' end)||_paths.fullpkgpath) as fd,
 	    _depends.fullpkgpath, type
 	from _depends join _paths on _Paths.Id=_depends.dependspath order by fd),
 -- and now the part that's going to be used 3 times in the main request
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ with
 	(select group_concat(d, ' ') as dlist, p, t
 	from d1 group by p, t)
 select fullpkgname, ports.fullpkgpath,
-    (case prefix when '/usr/local' THEN "" else prefix end),
+    (case prefix when '/usr/local' THEN '' else prefix end),
       comment,descr, maintainer,categories,
     libd.dlist, buildd.dlist, rund.dlist,
 
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ select fullpkgname, ports.fullpkgpath,
 	else only_for_archs
 	end,
     '?',
-    (case lower(PERMIT_PACKAGE) when "yes" then "y" else "n" end),
-    (case lower(PERMIT_DISTFILES) when "yes" then "y" else "n" end)
+    (case lower(PERMIT_PACKAGE) when 'yes' then 'y' else 'n' end),
+    (case lower(PERMIT_DISTFILES) when 'yes' then 'y' else 'n' end)
     from ports
     	left join d2 as libd on libd.p=ports.pathid and libd.t=0
     	left join d2 as buildd on buildd.p=ports.pathid and buildd.t=2
diff --git a/databases/sqlports/files/scripts/show-reverse-deps b/databases/sqlports/files/scripts/show-reverse-deps
index 664104a9eac..819af2eef78 100644
--- a/databases/sqlports/files/scripts/show-reverse-deps
+++ b/databases/sqlports/files/scripts/show-reverse-deps
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# $OpenBSD: show-reverse-deps,v 1.10 2020/06/11 19:55:15 espie Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: show-reverse-deps,v 1.11 2025/11/03 14:46:04 sthen Exp $
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2018 Marc Espie <espie@openbsd.org>
 #
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ fi
 
 if $fuzzy
 then
-	query="p2.fullpkgpath like \"%$1%\""
+	query="p2.fullpkgpath like '%$1%'"
 else
-	query="p2.fullpkgpath=\"$1\""
+	query="p2.fullpkgpath='$1'"
 fi
 if $verbose
 then