diff --git a/science/nlcglib/Makefile b/science/nlcglib/Makefile
index 7ae388b6dc3e..4b0e9fb59cd5 100644
--- a/science/nlcglib/Makefile
+++ b/science/nlcglib/Makefile
@@ -1,44 +1,46 @@
 PORTNAME=	nlcglib
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.1.0
-PORTREVISION=	6
+DISTVERSION=	1.4.0
 CATEGORIES=	science
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Nonlinear CG methods for wave-function optimization in DFT
 WWW=		https://github.com/simonpintarelli/nlcglib
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	nlohmann-json>0:devel/nlohmann-json
-LIB_DEPENDS=	libkokkoscore.so:devel/kokkos \
+LIB_DEPENDS=	libfmt.so:devel/libfmt \
+		libkokkoscore.so:devel/kokkos \
 		libopenblas.so:math/openblas
 TEST_DEPENDS=	googletest>0:devel/googletest
 
 USES=		cmake:testing pkgconfig
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	simonpintarelli
 
 CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	BUILD_TESTS # tests fail to compile, see https://github.com/simonpintarelli/nlcglib/issues/19
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		OPENMP
 OPTIONS_SINGLE=		MPI
 OPTIONS_SINGLE_MPI=	MPICH OPENMPI
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	MPICH
 
 .if exists(/usr/include/omp.h)
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT+=	OPENMP
 .else
 OPENMP_BROKEN=		requires OpenMP support that is missing on this architecture
 .endif
 
 MPICH_USES=		mpi:mpich
 
 OPENMPI_USES=		mpi:openmpi
 
 OPENMP_CMAKE_BOOL=	USE_OPENMP # binaries are still linked with libomp when USE_OPENMP=OFF, see https://github.com/simonpintarelli/nlcglib/issues/13
 
+# tests as of 1.4.0: fail to compile, see https://github.com/simonpintarelli/nlcglib/issues/35
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/nlcglib/distinfo b/science/nlcglib/distinfo
index ebd705c64992..28bb47226511 100644
--- a/science/nlcglib/distinfo
+++ b/science/nlcglib/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1724047165
-SHA256 (simonpintarelli-nlcglib-v1.1.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 9e7c2eea84a5ce191bd9af08f6c890717f7b6e88be7bd15cfe774eb0e0dabd8a
-SIZE (simonpintarelli-nlcglib-v1.1.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 67209
+TIMESTAMP = 1790891852
+SHA256 (simonpintarelli-nlcglib-v1.4.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 318805dab3c67d918479a65d54217b78ee5c2181713587b514cb7e2628414214
+SIZE (simonpintarelli-nlcglib-v1.4.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 73395
diff --git a/science/nlcglib/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt b/science/nlcglib/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fa4310d2a73c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/science/nlcglib/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- CMakeLists.txt.orig	2026-10-01 22:22:52 UTC
++++ CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS "YES")
+ set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+ set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS "YES")
+ 
+-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -Wextra -Werror")
++#set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -Wextra -Werror")
+ 
+ include(cmake/nlcglib_macros.cmake)
+ list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules")