diff --git a/net-libs/ixwebsocket/Manifest b/net-libs/ixwebsocket/Manifest
index a2f68d56b8..75cedd7f5f 100644
--- a/net-libs/ixwebsocket/Manifest
+++ b/net-libs/ixwebsocket/Manifest
@@ -1 +1 @@
-DIST ixwebsocket-11.2.8.tar.gz 583075 BLAKE2B 014af74ec236a49b8bad574761e6d861348ef22f3cbda798862f87591c27c2ee8b94f740d534ed7f6fc0736ea2e06788c64a208dab65575aa815d40472c6c50d SHA512 7938c2b59b5f310afa1a0c94171dd55a4e8821ac0763feb11528d520f1d3bf1037bb8d53d31eec1952888f601f597c00c9490e15cfca7f9c3aa6d80614d7b1f5
+DIST ixwebsocket-11.3.2.tar.gz 600266 BLAKE2B 21051ddbea29fa1cb7a2e4a04426b9bc2e518e7ab93bb866005948e9726b78cb45ce5a2f672c2924affc5e897e5e37e6d2f62fdf7d07d6675888352b9dd0c5ba SHA512 2ee25575d3315a64eef370df87f431e055293105cc6e784c4a776c2c5c5ec45f6c9d39e900fdcea1ad6b4a26b55581600250a9b1c300ce2eb8eebd670e6fda26
diff --git a/net-libs/ixwebsocket/files/ixwebsocket-11.3.2-remove-deflate.patch b/net-libs/ixwebsocket/files/ixwebsocket-11.3.2-remove-deflate.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fffedc6b77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-libs/ixwebsocket/files/ixwebsocket-11.3.2-remove-deflate.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 77d2f6b..665c35f 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -206,14 +206,6 @@ if (USE_ZLIB)
+   target_compile_definitions(ixwebsocket PUBLIC IXWEBSOCKET_USE_ZLIB)
+ endif()
+ 
+-# brew install libdeflate
+-find_package(Deflate)
+-if (DEFLATE_FOUND)
+-  include_directories(${DEFLATE_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+-  target_link_libraries(ixwebsocket ${DEFLATE_LIBRARIES})
+-  target_compile_definitions(ixwebsocket PUBLIC IXWEBSOCKET_USE_DEFLATE)
+-endif()
+-
+ if (WIN32)
+   target_link_libraries(ixwebsocket wsock32 ws2_32 shlwapi)
+   add_definitions(-D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
diff --git a/net-libs/ixwebsocket/files/ixwebsocket-11.3.2-remove-network-tests.patch b/net-libs/ixwebsocket/files/ixwebsocket-11.3.2-remove-network-tests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2d1360cb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-libs/ixwebsocket/files/ixwebsocket-11.3.2-remove-network-tests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
+index 661aebb..bab73c7 100644
+--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -11,15 +11,12 @@ option(USE_TLS "Add TLS support" ON)
+ 
+ # Shared sources
+ set (TEST_TARGET_NAMES
+-  IXSocketTest
+   IXSocketConnectTest
+   IXWebSocketServerTest
+   IXWebSocketTestConnectionDisconnection
+   IXUrlParserTest
+-  IXHttpClientTest
+   IXUnityBuildsTest
+   IXHttpTest
+-  IXDNSLookupTest
+   IXWebSocketSubProtocolTest
+   # IXWebSocketBroadcastTest ## FIXME was depending on cobra / take a broadcast server from ws
+   IXStrCaseCompareTest
+@@ -33,7 +30,6 @@ if (UNIX)
+ 
+     # Fail on Windows in CI probably because the pathing is wrong and
+     # some resource files cannot be found
+-    IXHttpServerTest
+     IXWebSocketChatTest
+   )
+ endif()
diff --git a/net-libs/ixwebsocket/files/ixwebsocket-11.3.2-use-system-spdlog.patch b/net-libs/ixwebsocket/files/ixwebsocket-11.3.2-use-system-spdlog.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed329b41de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-libs/ixwebsocket/files/ixwebsocket-11.3.2-use-system-spdlog.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 77d2f6b..86c7172 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -257,13 +257,9 @@ install(EXPORT ixwebsocket
+         DESTINATION lib/cmake/ixwebsocket)
+ 
+ if (USE_WS OR USE_TEST)
+-  include(FetchContent)
+-  FetchContent_Declare(spdlog
+-      GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/gabime/spdlog"
+-      GIT_TAG "v1.8.0"
+-      GIT_SHALLOW 1) 
+-
+-  FetchContent_MakeAvailable(spdlog)
++  find_package(spdlog REQUIRED)
++  find_package(fmt REQUIRED)
++  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DSPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL")
+ 
+   if (USE_WS)
+     add_subdirectory(ws)
+diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
+index 661aebb..ab0c92e 100644
+--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ target_include_directories(ixwebsocket_test PRIVATE
+   ../third_party
+ )
+ target_link_libraries(ixwebsocket_test ixwebsocket)
+-target_link_libraries(ixwebsocket_test spdlog)
++target_link_libraries(ixwebsocket_test spdlog::spdlog fmt::fmt)
+ 
+ foreach(TEST_TARGET_NAME ${TEST_TARGET_NAMES})
+   add_executable(${TEST_TARGET_NAME}
+@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ foreach(TEST_TARGET_NAME ${TEST_TARGET_NAMES})
+   target_link_libraries(${TEST_TARGET_NAME} ixwebsocket_test)
+   target_link_libraries(${TEST_TARGET_NAME} ixwebsocket)
+ 
+-  target_link_libraries(${TEST_TARGET_NAME} spdlog)
++  target_link_libraries(${TEST_TARGET_NAME} spdlog fmt)
+ 
+   add_test(NAME ${TEST_TARGET_NAME}
+            COMMAND ${TEST_TARGET_NAME}
+diff --git a/ws/CMakeLists.txt b/ws/CMakeLists.txt
+index 98f15de..10834e5 100644
+--- a/ws/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/ws/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ add_executable(ws
+ # library with the most dependencies come first
+ target_link_libraries(ws ixwebsocket)
+ 
+-target_link_libraries(ws spdlog)
++target_link_libraries(ws spdlog::spdlog fmt::fmt)
+ 
+ install(TARGETS ws RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
diff --git a/net-libs/ixwebsocket/ixwebsocket-11.2.8.ebuild b/net-libs/ixwebsocket/ixwebsocket-11.3.2.ebuild
similarity index 92%
rename from net-libs/ixwebsocket/ixwebsocket-11.2.8.ebuild
rename to net-libs/ixwebsocket/ixwebsocket-11.3.2.ebuild
index a31363a8cc..1f07f2f481 100644
--- a/net-libs/ixwebsocket/ixwebsocket-11.2.8.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/ixwebsocket/ixwebsocket-11.3.2.ebuild
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 PATCHES=(
-	# Upstream installs to hardcoded lib- and include-dirs
-	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-use-gnuinstalldirs.patch"
 	# Some tests require network connectivity
 	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-remove-network-tests.patch"
 	# Upstream uses git submodules