diff --git a/misc/py-haystack_ai/Makefile b/misc/py-haystack_ai/Makefile
index 5ffd5a5be3e9..9c91c1659368 100644
--- a/misc/py-haystack_ai/Makefile
+++ b/misc/py-haystack_ai/Makefile
@@ -1,34 +1,34 @@
 PORTNAME=	haystack_ai
-PORTVERSION=	2.17.1
+PORTVERSION=	2.18.1
 CATEGORIES=	misc python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	otis@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	End-to-end LLM framework
 WWW=		https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hatchling>0:devel/py-hatchling@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}tqdm>0:misc/py-tqdm@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}tenacity>0:devel/py-tenacity@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}lazy_imports>0:devel/py-lazy_imports@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}openai>0:misc/py-openai@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pydantic2>0:devel/py-pydantic2@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}Jinja2>0:devel/py-Jinja2@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}posthog>0:misc/py-posthog@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyyaml>0:devel/py-pyyaml@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}more-itertools>0:devel/py-more-itertools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}networkx>0:math/py-networkx@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}typing-extensions>0:devel/py-typing-extensions@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}requests>0:www/py-requests@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>0:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}python-dateutil>0:devel/py-python-dateutil@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}jsonschema>0:devel/py-jsonschema@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}filetype>0:devel/py-filetype@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/misc/py-haystack_ai/distinfo b/misc/py-haystack_ai/distinfo
index 39e350d72c24..efc1aba04d3e 100644
--- a/misc/py-haystack_ai/distinfo
+++ b/misc/py-haystack_ai/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1757594976
-SHA256 (haystack_ai-2.17.1.tar.gz) = dffd79c2202a93a95dbf31bbb888027f8e78791902ef984974f0409059a9eb30
-SIZE (haystack_ai-2.17.1.tar.gz) = 394779
+TIMESTAMP = 1760378404
+SHA256 (haystack_ai-2.18.1.tar.gz) = e734369ae5064b4f1647f1001e1a28584955be08df673a32cd36877126dbcc77
+SIZE (haystack_ai-2.18.1.tar.gz) = 403143