diff --git a/packages/less/build.ncl b/packages/less/build.ncl
index 460622f1..c7d1a3d1 100644
--- a/packages/less/build.ncl
+++ b/packages/less/build.ncl
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
-let { Attrs, BuildSpec, Local, OutputBin, OutputData, Source, .. } = import "minimal.ncl" in
+let { Attrs, BuildSpec, Local, OutputBin, OutputData, OutputLib, Source, .. } = import "minimal.ncl" in
 let base = import "../base/build.ncl" in
 let make = import "../make/build.ncl" in
 let glibc = import "../glibc/build.ncl" in
 let ncurses = import "../ncurses/build.ncl" in
 let toolchain = import "../toolchain/build.ncl" in
-let version = "692" in
+let version = "704" in
 {
   name = "less",
   build_deps = [
     { file = "build.sh" } | Local,
     {
-      # https://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/less-692.tar.gz
+      # https://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/less-704.tar.gz
       url = "gs://minimal-staging-archives/less-%{version}.tar.gz",
-      sha256 = "61300f603798ecf1d7786570789f0ff3f5a1acf075a6fb9f756837d166e37d14"
+      sha256 = "20a0b0a2bb2525fa53c7eee9beb854b4c9cf172eabb209af7020743547bfe9fb"
     } | Source,
     base,
     make,
@@ -29,7 +29,19 @@ let version = "692" in
 
   outputs = {
     less = { glob = "usr/bin/less" } | OutputBin,
-    lessecho = { glob = "usr/bin/lessecho" } | OutputBin,
+    # lessecho MOVED in 704: upstream's Makefile.in installs it to
+    # ${libexecdir} where 692 installed it to ${bindir} —
+    #   692:  ${INSTALL_PROGRAM} lessecho ${DESTDIR}${bindir}/lessecho
+    #   704:  ${INSTALL_PROGRAM} lessecho ${DESTDIR}${libexecdir}/lessecho
+    # so with --prefix=/usr it lands in usr/libexec, and the old usr/bin glob
+    # matched nothing ("output globs did not match any files: lessecho").
+    #
+    # Following upstream rather than forcing --libexecdir=/usr/bin: lessecho is
+    # an internal helper for LESSOPEN pipes, not a user-facing command, and 24
+    # packages here already ship usr/libexec outputs while none override
+    # libexecdir. OutputLib matches findutils' `libexec_frcode`, the same shape
+    # — an executable helper that lives outside PATH.
+    lessecho = { glob = "usr/libexec/lessecho" } | OutputLib,
     lesskey = { glob = "usr/bin/lesskey" } | OutputBin,
     mans = { glob = "usr/share/man/**" } | OutputData,
   },