diff --git a/kde-base/kate/kate-23.08.5.recipe b/kde-base/kate/kate-23.08.5.recipe
deleted file mode 100644
index a7779d4b5..000000000
--- a/kde-base/kate/kate-23.08.5.recipe
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,232 +0,0 @@
-SUMMARY="Advanced text editor"
-DESCRIPTION="Kate is a multi-document editor part of KDE since release 2.2. \
-Being a KDE application, Kate ships with network transparency, as well as \
-integration with the outstanding features of KDE. Choose it for viewing HTML \
-sources from konqueror, editing configuration files, writing new applications \
-or any other text editing task. You still need just one running instance of \
-Kate.
-
-With a multi-view editor like Kate you get a lot of advantages. You can view \
-several instances of the same document and all instances are synchronized. \
-Or you can view more files at the same time for easy reference or simultaneous \
-editing.
-
-
-Application Features
-* window splitting (horizontal & vertical)
-* multi-document interface (MDI)
-* plugin: embedded terminal, SQL plugin, build plugin, GDB plugin, Replace in \
-Files, and more
-* session support
-
-General Features
-* encoding support (Unicode and lots of others)
-* bi-directional text rendering support
-* line ending support (Windows, Unix, Mac), including auto detection
-* network transparency (open remote files)
-* extensible through scripting
-
-Advanced Editor Features
-* bookmarking system (also supported: break points etc.)
-* scroll bar marks
-* line modification indicators
-* line numbers
-* code folding
-
-Syntax Highlighting
-* highlighting support for more than 250 languages
-* bracket matching
-* smart on-the-fly spell checking
-* highlighting of selected words
-
-Programming Features
-* scriptable auto indentation
-* smart comment and uncomment handling
-* auto completion with argument hints
-* vi input mode
-* rectangular block selection mode
-
-Search & Replace
-* incremental search, also known as “find as you type”
-* support for multiline search & replace
-* regular expression support
-* search & replace in multiple opened files or files on disk
-
-Backup and Restore
-* backups on save
-* swap files to recover data on system crash
-* undo / redo system"
-HOMEPAGE="https://kate-editor.org/"
-COPYRIGHT="2010-2024 KDE Organisation"
-LICENSE="GNU LGPL v2"
-REVISION="1"
-SOURCE_URI="https://download.kde.org/stable/release-service/$portVersion/src/kate-$portVersion.tar.xz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="683c49d9c4b2abd4b4660b607b65249a2adfdc48418b0d18ab90810d1a8f4e37"
-ADDITIONAL_FILES="kate.rdef.in"
-PATCHES="kate-$portVersion.patchset"
-
-ARCHITECTURES="all !x86_gcc2"
-SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"
-
-PROVIDES="
-	kate$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
-	app:Kate$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
-	"
-REQUIRES="
-	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5Activities$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5Archive$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5Attica$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5Auth$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5Bookmarks$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5Codecs$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5Completion$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5ConfigCore$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5ConfigGui$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5ConfigWidgets$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5CoreAddons$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5Crash$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5DBusAddons$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5GuiAddons$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5I18n$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5IconThemes$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5ItemModels$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5ItemViews$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5JobWidgets$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5KIOCore$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5KIOFileWidgets$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5KIOWidgets$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5NewStuff$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5NewStuffCore$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5Notifications$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5Parts$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5Service$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5Solid$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5SonnetUi$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5SyntaxHighlighting$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5TextEditor$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5TextWidgets$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5ThreadWeaver$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5UnitConversion$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5Wallet$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5WidgetsAddons$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5WindowSystem$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKF5XmlGui$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKUserFeedbackCore$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libKUserFeedbackWidgets$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libQt5Core$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libQt5DBus$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libQt5Gui$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libQt5Network$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libQt5PrintSupport$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libQt5Widgets$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libQt5Xml$secondaryArchSuffix
-	"
-
-BUILD_REQUIRES="
-	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel
-	extra_cmake_modules$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5Activities$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5Archive$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5Attica$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5Auth$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5Bookmarks$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5Codecs$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5Completion$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5ConfigCore$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5ConfigGui$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5ConfigWidgets$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5CoreAddons$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5Crash$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5DBusAddons$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5GuiAddons$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5I18n$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5IconThemes$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5ItemModels$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5ItemViews$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5JobWidgets$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5KIOCore$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5KIOFileWidgets$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5KIOWidgets$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5NewStuff$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5Notifications$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5Parts$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5Service$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5Solid$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5SonnetUi$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5SyntaxHighlighting$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5TextEditor$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5TextWidgets$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5ThreadWeaver$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5UnitConversion$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5Wallet$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5WidgetsAddons$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5WindowSystem$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKF5XmlGui$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKUserFeedbackCore$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libKUserFeedbackWidgets$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libQt5Core$secondaryArchSuffix
-	"
-BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
-	cmd:cmake
-	cmd:find
-	cmd:g++$secondaryArchSuffix
-	cmd:lrelease$secondaryArchSuffix >= 5
-	cmd:make
-	cmd:python3
-	"
-
-BUILD()
-{
-	sed -e '/add_subdirectory( doc )/ s/^#*/#/' -i CMakeLists.txt
-
-	mkdir -p build
-	cd build
-
-	export LDFLAGS="-lnetwork"
-	cmake .. \
-		-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$prefix \
-		-DINCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR=$includeDir \
-		-DSHARE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$dataDir \
-		-DECM_MKSPECS_INSTALL_DIR=$dataDir/Qt5/mkspecs \
-		-DECM_DIR=/system/data/cmake/Modules/ECM/cmake \
-		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$appsDir/Kate \
-		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR=$dataDir \
-		-DKDE_INSTALL_PLUGINDIR=$addOnsDir/Qt5
-
-	make $jobArgs
-}
-
-INSTALL()
-{
-	cd build
-	make install
-	mv $appsDir/Kate/bin/kate $appsDir/Kate/Kate
-	rm -rf \
-		$appsDir/Kate/bin \
-		$dataDir/applications \
-		$dataDir/icons
-	find $dataDir/locale -type f -name 'kwrite.mo' -delete
-
-	local APP_SIGNATURE="application/x-vnd.qt5-kate"
-	local MAJOR="`echo "$portVersion" | cut -d. -f1`"
-	local MIDDLE="`echo "$portVersion" | cut -d. -f2`"
-	local MINOR="`echo "$portVersion" | cut -d. -f3`"
-	local LONG_INFO="$SUMMARY"
-	sed \
-		-e "s|@APP_SIGNATURE@|$APP_SIGNATURE|" \
-		-e "s|@MAJOR@|$MAJOR|" \
-		-e "s|@MIDDLE@|$MIDDLE|" \
-		-e "s|@MINOR@|$MINOR|" \
-		-e "s|@LONG_INFO@|$LONG_INFO|" \
-		$portDir/additional-files/kate.rdef.in > kate.rdef
-
-	addResourcesToBinaries kate.rdef $appsDir/Kate/Kate
-	addAppDeskbarSymlink $appsDir/Kate/Kate
-}
-
-TEST()
-{
-	make test
-}
diff --git a/kde-base/kate/kate-24.12.0.recipe b/kde-base/kate/kate-24.12.0.recipe
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d55e6c35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kde-base/kate/kate-24.12.0.recipe
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+SUMMARY="Advanced text editor"
+DESCRIPTION="Kate is a multi-document editor part of KDE since release 2.2. \
+Being a KDE application, Kate ships with network transparency, as well as \
+integration with the outstanding features of KDE. Choose it for viewing HTML \
+sources from konqueror, editing configuration files, writing new applications \
+or any other text editing task. You still need just one running instance of \
+Kate.
+
+With a multi-view editor like Kate you get a lot of advantages. You can view \
+several instances of the same document and all instances are synchronized. \
+Or you can view more files at the same time for easy reference or simultaneous \
+editing.
+
+
+Application Features
+* window splitting (horizontal & vertical)
+* multi-document interface (MDI)
+* plugin: embedded terminal, SQL plugin, build plugin, GDB plugin, Replace in \
+Files, and more
+* session support
+
+General Features
+* encoding support (Unicode and lots of others)
+* bi-directional text rendering support
+* line ending support (Windows, Unix, Mac), including auto detection
+* network transparency (open remote files)
+* extensible through scripting
+
+Advanced Editor Features
+* bookmarking system (also supported: break points etc.)
+* scroll bar marks
+* line modification indicators
+* line numbers
+* code folding
+
+Syntax Highlighting
+* highlighting support for more than 250 languages
+* bracket matching
+* smart on-the-fly spell checking
+* highlighting of selected words
+
+Programming Features
+* scriptable auto indentation
+* smart comment and uncomment handling
+* auto completion with argument hints
+* vi input mode
+* rectangular block selection mode
+
+Search & Replace
+* incremental search, also known as “find as you type”
+* support for multiline search & replace
+* regular expression support
+* search & replace in multiple opened files or files on disk
+
+Backup and Restore
+* backups on save
+* swap files to recover data on system crash
+* undo / redo system"
+HOMEPAGE="https://kate-editor.org/"
+COPYRIGHT="2010-2024 KDE Organisation"
+LICENSE="GNU LGPL v2"
+REVISION="1"
+SOURCE_URI="https://download.kde.org/stable/release-service/$portVersion/src/kate-$portVersion.tar.xz"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="a5926a0d85c69ca2cc34d87e567501e795e95050e16f896e39cd8cac4ced2348"
+PATCHES="kate-$portVersion.patchset"
+ADDITIONAL_FILES="kate.rdef.in"
+
+ARCHITECTURES="all !x86_gcc2"
+SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	kate$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	cmd:kate$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	lib:libkateprivate$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	"
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libGL$secondaryArchSuffix
+	# KF6
+	lib:libKF6ColorScheme$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libKF6Completion$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libKF6ConfigCore$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libKF6ConfigWidgets$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libKF6CoreAddons$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libKF6Crash$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libKF6I18n$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libKF6IconThemes$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libKF6JobWidgets$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libKF6KIOCore$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libKF6Parts$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libKF6Service$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libKF6Solid$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libKF6SyntaxHighlighting$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libKF6TextEditor$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libKF6WidgetsAddons$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libKF6WindowSystem$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libKF6XmlGui$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libKF6UserFeedbackCore$secondaryArchSuffix
+	# Qt6
+	lib:libQt6Core$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libQt6Gui$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libQt6Network$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libQt6Widgets$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libQt6Xml$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel
+	extra_cmake_modules$secondaryArchSuffix
+	# KF6
+	devel:libKF6Attica$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libKF6CoreAddons$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libKF6Crash$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libKF6GuiAddons$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libKF6I18n$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libKF6IconThemes$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libKF6NewStuffCore$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libKF6TextEditor$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libKF6TextWidgets$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libKF6UserFeedbackCore$secondaryArchSuffix
+	# Qt6
+	devel:libQt6Core$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libQt6Keychain$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libQt6Qml$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	cmd:cmake
+	cmd:find
+	cmd:g++$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:make
+	cmd:msgfmt$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:msgmerge$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:pkg_config$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	cmake -Bbuild -S. $cmakeDirArgs \
+		-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+		-DKDE_INSTALL_PLUGINDIR=$addOnsDir/Qt6 \
+		-DECM_DIR=/system/data/cmake/Modules/ECM/cmake \
+		-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF \
+		-Wno-dev
+
+	make -C build $jobArgs
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	make -C build install
+
+	# cleanup
+	rm -rf $dataDir/{applications,icons,metainfo}
+	rm -rf $binDir/kwrite
+	find $dataDir/locale -type f -name 'kwrite.mo' -delete
+
+	mkdir -p "$dataDir/deskbar/menu/Applications/KDE"
+
+	local APP_SIGNATURE="application/x-vnd.Qt6-kate"
+	local MAJOR="`echo "$portVersion" | cut -d. -f1`"
+	local MIDDLE="`echo "$portVersion" | cut -d. -f2`"
+	local MINOR="`echo "$portVersion" | cut -d. -f3`"
+	local LONG_INFO="$SUMMARY"
+	sed \
+		-e "s|@APP_SIGNATURE@|$APP_SIGNATURE|" \
+		-e "s|@MAJOR@|$MAJOR|" \
+		-e "s|@MIDDLE@|$MIDDLE|" \
+		-e "s|@MINOR@|$MINOR|" \
+		-e "s|@LONG_INFO@|$LONG_INFO|" \
+		$portDir/additional-files/kate.rdef.in > kate.rdef
+
+	addResourcesToBinaries kate.rdef $binDir/kate
+	addAppDeskbarSymlink $binDir/kate "KDE/Kate"
+}
+
+TEST()
+{
+	ctest --test-dir build --output-on-failure
+}
diff --git a/kde-base/kate/patches/kate-23.08.5.patchset b/kde-base/kate/patches/kate-23.08.5.patchset
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e669ebc0..000000000
--- a/kde-base/kate/patches/kate-23.08.5.patchset
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-From a719cd0579fd5adb92fa627e09bdb4df56ef44ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Sergei Reznikov <diver@gelios.net>
-Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2023 11:53:00 +0300
-Subject: Dsiable Qt5X11Extras on Haiku
-
-
-diff --git a/apps/kate/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/kate/CMakeLists.txt
-index 04f130a..32fd43a 100644
---- a/apps/kate/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/apps/kate/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
- 
- find_package(KF${KF_MAJOR_VERSION}DBusAddons ${KF5_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
- 
--if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
-+if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND NOT HAIKU)
-     if (QT_MAJOR_VERSION STREQUAL "5")
-         find_package(Qt5X11Extras REQUIRED)
-     endif()
--- 
-2.37.3
-
diff --git a/kde-base/kate/patches/kate-24.12.0.patchset b/kde-base/kate/patches/kate-24.12.0.patchset
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..235e93964
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kde-base/kate/patches/kate-24.12.0.patchset
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+From 534e4fdbae238c2834f43f9438390ef8f2efea14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Schrijvers Luc <begasus@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 07:46:09 +0100
+Subject: Use Haiku's icon/color schemes
+
+
+diff --git a/apps/lib/kateapp.cpp b/apps/lib/kateapp.cpp
+index cd392fa..3b11b43 100644
+--- a/apps/lib/kateapp.cpp
++++ b/apps/lib/kateapp.cpp
+@@ -158,9 +158,11 @@ void KateApp::initPreApplicationCreation(bool detach)
+      * trigger initialisation of proper icon theme
+      * see https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kiconthemes/-/merge_requests/136
+      */
++#if !defined(Q_OS_HAIKU)
+ #if KICONTHEMES_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 3, 0)
+     KIconTheme::initTheme();
+ #endif
++#endif
+ 
+ #if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
+     // try to attach to console for terminal detection and output
+diff --git a/apps/lib/katemainwindow.cpp b/apps/lib/katemainwindow.cpp
+index 1ee0a2d..cf4de7c 100644
+--- a/apps/lib/katemainwindow.cpp
++++ b/apps/lib/katemainwindow.cpp
+@@ -280,10 +280,12 @@ void KateMainWindow::setupImportantActions()
+ #endif
+ 
+     // Load themes
++#if !defined(Q_OS_HAIKU)
+     KColorSchemeManager *manager = new KColorSchemeManager(this);
+     auto *colorSelectionMenu = KColorSchemeMenu::createMenu(manager, this);
+     colorSelectionMenu->menu()->setTitle(i18n("&Window Color Scheme"));
+     ac->addAction(QStringLiteral("colorscheme_menu"), colorSelectionMenu);
++#endif
+ 
+     QAction *a = ac->addAction(KStandardAction::Back, QStringLiteral("view_prev_tab"));
+     a->setText(i18n("&Previous Tab"));
+-- 
+2.45.2
+