diff --git a/textproc/py-docling-serve/Makefile b/textproc/py-docling-serve/Makefile
index 73bac66663ee..a2dbbecf8ffe 100644
--- a/textproc/py-docling-serve/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-docling-serve/Makefile
@@ -1,42 +1,60 @@
 PORTNAME=	docling-serve
-DISTVERSION=	1.26.0
+DISTVERSION=	1.28.0
 CATEGORIES=	textproc python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME:S/-/_/}-${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Running Docling as a service
 WWW=		https://github.com/docling-project/docling-serve
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}docling-core>=2.79.0:textproc/py-docling-core@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}docling-jobkit>=2.0.0:textproc/py-docling-jobkit@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}docling-jobkit>=3.0.0:textproc/py-docling-jobkit@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}docling-mcp>=1.0.0:textproc/py-docling-mcp@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}docling-slim>=2.104.0:textproc/py-docling-slim@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}docling-slim>=2.113.0:textproc/py-docling-slim@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}fastapi>=0:www/py-fastapi@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}httpx>=0.28:www/py-httpx@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}opentelemetry-api>=1.36.0:devel/py-opentelemetry-api@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}opentelemetry-exporter-otlp>=1.15.0:devel/py-opentelemetry-exporter-otlp@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus>=0.57b0:devel/py-opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi>=0.57b0:devel/py-opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}opentelemetry-sdk>=1.36.0:devel/py-opentelemetry-sdk@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}prometheus-client>=0.21.0:net-mgmt/py-prometheus-client@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pydantic2>=2.10:devel/py-pydantic2@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pydantic-settings>=2.4:devel/py-pydantic-settings@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}python-multipart>=0.0.14:www/py-python-multipart@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}rq>=2.4:devel/py-rq@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scalar-fastapi>=1.0.3:www/py-scalar-fastapi@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}typer>=0.12:devel/py-typer@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}uvicorn>=0.29.0:www/py-uvicorn@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}websockets>=14.0:devel/py-websockets@${PY_FLAVOR}
+RUN_DEPENDS+=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}docling-ibm-models>0:textproc/py-docling-ibm-models@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}docling-parse>0:textproc/py-docling-parse@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}tree-sitter>=0:devel/py-tree-sitter@${PY_FLAVOR}
+TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}asgi-lifespan>=2.0:devel/py-asgi-lifespan@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-asyncio>=1.2:devel/py-pytest-asyncio@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-check>=2.8:devel/py-pytest-check@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyyaml>=5.1:devel/py-pyyaml@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517 pytest
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
+TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
+TEST_WRKDIR=	${WRKSRC}/tests
+
+# tests as of 1.28.0: test_ray_metrics_collector.py is ignored because the
+# devel/py-ray port only ships a cp311 manylinux wheel and is not usable with
+# the default python3.12 flavor.
+TEST_ARGS=	--ignore=${WRKSRC}/tests/test_ray_metrics_collector.py
+
+# tests as of 1.28.0: 18 failed, 130 passed, 255 warnings, 17 errors in 10.59s # failures are due to missing pdf files and failing internet connections
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/py-docling-serve/distinfo b/textproc/py-docling-serve/distinfo
index 460469962947..caf02f572c7d 100644
--- a/textproc/py-docling-serve/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/py-docling-serve/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1783064431
-SHA256 (docling_serve-1.26.0.tar.gz) = ce7036e7fb05a337432a1d086d732f146243746df49d7893550fcb22a5b018ca
-SIZE (docling_serve-1.26.0.tar.gz) = 79609
+TIMESTAMP = 1785187625
+SHA256 (docling_serve-1.28.0.tar.gz) = 18fe5b3195ce8be029cd37835f6ded67a596aaada908e9f268499fe9e3b07609
+SIZE (docling_serve-1.28.0.tar.gz) = 85953