diff --git a/release_files/freebsd-port-diff.sh b/release_files/freebsd-port-diff.sh
index 6ffa141be..77ea55520 100755
--- a/release_files/freebsd-port-diff.sh
+++ b/release_files/freebsd-port-diff.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # FreeBSD Port Diff Generator for NetBird
 #
 # This script generates the diff file required for submitting a FreeBSD port update.
-# It works on macOS, Linux, and FreeBSD by fetching files from FreeBSD cgit and
-# computing checksums from the Go module proxy.
+# It works on macOS, Linux, and FreeBSD by fetching files from the FreeBSD ports
+# GitHub mirror and computing checksums from the Go module proxy.
 #
 # Usage: ./freebsd-port-diff.sh [new_version]
 # Example: ./freebsd-port-diff.sh 0.60.7
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 set -e
 
 GITHUB_REPO="netbirdio/netbird"
-PORTS_CGIT_BASE="https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/plain/security/netbird"
+PORTS_MIRROR_BASE="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports/main/security/netbird"
 GO_PROXY="https://proxy.golang.org/github.com/netbirdio/netbird/@v"
 OUTPUT_DIR="${OUTPUT_DIR:-.}"
 AWK_FIRST_FIELD='{print $1}'
@@ -30,10 +30,17 @@ fetch_all_tags() {
 
 fetch_current_ports_version() {
     echo "Fetching current version from FreeBSD ports..." >&2
-    curl -sL "${PORTS_CGIT_BASE}/Makefile" 2>/dev/null | \
+    local makefile version
+    makefile=$(fetch_ports_file "Makefile") || return 1
+    version=$(echo "$makefile" | \
         grep -E "^DISTVERSION=" | \
         sed 's/DISTVERSION=[[:space:]]*//' | \
-        tr -d '\t '
+        tr -d '\t ')
+    if [[ -z "$version" ]]; then
+        echo "Error: Could not extract DISTVERSION from ports Makefile" >&2
+        return 1
+    fi
+    echo "$version"
     return 0
 }
 
@@ -45,7 +52,16 @@ fetch_latest_github_release() {
 
 fetch_ports_file() {
     local filename="$1"
-    curl -sL "${PORTS_CGIT_BASE}/${filename}" 2>/dev/null
+    local content
+    if ! content=$(curl -fsL --proto '=https' --proto-redir '=https' --retry 3 "${PORTS_MIRROR_BASE}/${filename}" 2>/dev/null); then
+        echo "Error: Could not fetch ${filename} from ${PORTS_MIRROR_BASE}" >&2
+        return 1
+    fi
+    if [[ "$content" == \<* ]]; then
+        echo "Error: Received HTML instead of ${filename} from ${PORTS_MIRROR_BASE}" >&2
+        return 1
+    fi
+    printf '%s' "$content"
     return 0
 }
 
diff --git a/release_files/freebsd-port-issue-body.sh b/release_files/freebsd-port-issue-body.sh
index 1c23dbbbe..1f0c8a567 100755
--- a/release_files/freebsd-port-issue-body.sh
+++ b/release_files/freebsd-port-issue-body.sh
@@ -9,18 +9,22 @@
 # Example: ./freebsd-port-issue-body.sh 0.56.0 0.59.1
 #
 # If no versions are provided, the script will:
-#   - Fetch OLD version from FreeBSD ports cgit (current version in ports tree)
+#   - Fetch OLD version from the FreeBSD ports GitHub mirror (current version in ports tree)
 #   - Fetch NEW version from latest NetBird GitHub release tag
 
 set -e
 
 GITHUB_REPO="netbirdio/netbird"
-PORTS_CGIT_URL="https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/plain/security/netbird/Makefile"
+PORTS_MAKEFILE_URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports/main/security/netbird/Makefile"
 
 fetch_current_ports_version() {
     echo "Fetching current version from FreeBSD ports..." >&2
     local makefile_content
-    makefile_content=$(curl -sL "$PORTS_CGIT_URL" 2>/dev/null)
+    makefile_content=$(curl -fsL --proto '=https' --proto-redir '=https' --retry 3 "$PORTS_MAKEFILE_URL" 2>/dev/null) || makefile_content=""
+    if [[ "$makefile_content" == \<* ]]; then
+        echo "Error: Received HTML instead of Makefile from ${PORTS_MAKEFILE_URL}" >&2
+        return 1
+    fi
     if [[ -z "$makefile_content" ]]; then
         echo "Error: Could not fetch Makefile from FreeBSD ports" >&2
         return 1