diff --git a/Formula/socat.rb b/Formula/socat.rb
index e5ed776396..715c049888 100644
--- a/Formula/socat.rb
+++ b/Formula/socat.rb
@@ -2,22 +2,19 @@ require 'formula'
 
 class Socat < Formula
   homepage 'http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/'
-  url 'http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/download/socat-1.7.2.2.tar.bz2'
-  sha1 'ba270b85b0d16a6b300159f9b0d88653a9f5d9da'
+  url 'http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/download/socat-1.7.2.4.tar.bz2'
+  mirror 'http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/socat/socat_1.7.2.4.orig.tar.bz2'
+  sha1 '55650f3c4c1a5cdc323b2e6eece416b6303d39b5'
 
   devel do
-    url 'http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/download/socat-2.0.0-b6.tar.bz2'
-    sha1 '8873c8ab721bc301bfd5026872bace9e01e7bfac'
+    url 'http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/download/socat-2.0.0-b7.tar.gz'
+    mirror 'http://fossies.org/linux/privat/socat-2.0.0-b7.tar.gz'
+    sha1 'b9ce176ab1ad974a0f01810b517d404214f40288'
     patch :DATA
   end
 
   depends_on 'readline'
-
-  # Socat devs are aware; see: https://trac.macports.org/ticket/32044
-  patch :p0 do
-    url "https://trac.macports.org/export/90442/trunk/dports/sysutils/socat/files/patch-xioexit.c.diff"
-    sha1 "e555d20551f44cddc2613687ff31ec7f0ef09f79"
-  end
+  depends_on 'openssl'
 
   def install
     ENV.enable_warnings # -w causes build to fail