diff --git a/devel/level-zero/Makefile b/devel/level-zero/Makefile
index dc0d78381672..d31dc2548ecb 100644
--- a/devel/level-zero/Makefile
+++ b/devel/level-zero/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	level-zero
-PORTVERSION=	1.17.6
+PORTVERSION=	1.17.17
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 
diff --git a/devel/level-zero/distinfo b/devel/level-zero/distinfo
index 5552c4f6e97d..2620d5f80c0d 100644
--- a/devel/level-zero/distinfo
+++ b/devel/level-zero/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1716892228
-SHA256 (oneapi-src-level-zero-v1.17.6_GH0.tar.gz) = a018923fa0732c4fb9228ff668124363de18f376a314113aa6aaf0a6b5d1ab3b
-SIZE (oneapi-src-level-zero-v1.17.6_GH0.tar.gz) = 1136720
+TIMESTAMP = 1720022680
+SHA256 (oneapi-src-level-zero-v1.17.17_GH0.tar.gz) = e1b67a5ae4919e748ac6dbf313bf2c13952242689c09f0517c13b49ddc97654a
+SIZE (oneapi-src-level-zero-v1.17.17_GH0.tar.gz) = 1150528
diff --git a/devel/level-zero/files/patch-source-loader-ze_loader.cpp b/devel/level-zero/files/patch-source-loader-ze_loader.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9a23bb265825
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/level-zero/files/patch-source-loader-ze_loader.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+--- source/loader/ze_loader.cpp.orig	2024-07-01 19:14:47 UTC
++++ source/loader/ze_loader.cpp
+@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
+ #include "driver_discovery.h"
+ #include <iostream>
+ 
+-#ifdef __linux__
++#if defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__linux__)
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ #include <sys/types.h>
+ #include <pwd.h>
+-#endif // __linux__
++#endif // defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__linux__)
+ 
+ namespace loader
+ {