diff --git a/editors/novelwriter/Makefile b/editors/novelwriter/Makefile
index adad2a2d261c..5c8214fc0498 100644
--- a/editors/novelwriter/Makefile
+++ b/editors/novelwriter/Makefile
@@ -1,31 +1,31 @@
 PORTNAME=	novelWriter
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	2.8.2
+DISTVERSION=	26.1
 CATEGORIES=	editors python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Text editor designed for writing novels
 WWW=		https://novelwriter.io/ \
 		https://github.com/vkbo/novelwriter
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 
 PY_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}lxml>0:devel/py-lxml@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}enchant>=3.0.0:textproc/py-enchant@${PY_FLAVOR}
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
 		${PY_DEPENDS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PY_DEPENDS}
 
 USES=		python pyqt:6
 USE_PYQT=	pyqt6
 USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	vkbo
 GH_PROJECT=	novelWriter
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/editors/novelwriter/distinfo b/editors/novelwriter/distinfo
index 01b9f202e0f8..b470e5900110 100644
--- a/editors/novelwriter/distinfo
+++ b/editors/novelwriter/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1769407175
-SHA256 (vkbo-novelWriter-v2.8.2_GH0.tar.gz) = f7656680bd1fb3c1ef759d2b14eb62d8488c54b0d3c223aba0e1fa2867307912
-SIZE (vkbo-novelWriter-v2.8.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 4905815
+TIMESTAMP = 1777313390
+SHA256 (vkbo-novelWriter-v26.1_GH0.tar.gz) = f595351ca57ae0192fbda448ec4dc1b5e10642356554e63a23fc2bc0f435f2cf
+SIZE (vkbo-novelWriter-v26.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 4998285
diff --git a/editors/novelwriter/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/editors/novelwriter/files/patch-pyproject.toml
index 8d4a8e69f7ce..b48bfb0c8986 100644
--- a/editors/novelwriter/files/patch-pyproject.toml
+++ b/editors/novelwriter/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
---- pyproject.toml.orig	2025-12-14 18:36:55 UTC
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-04-26 13:50:57 UTC
 +++ pyproject.toml
 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
  [build-system]
 -requires = ["setuptools>=77.0.3"]
 +requires = ["setuptools"]
  build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
  
  [project]
 @@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ readme = { file = "setup/description_pypi.md", content
  authors = [{ name = "Veronica Berglyd Olsen", email = "code@vkbo.net" }]
  description = "A plain text editor for planning and writing novels"
  readme = { file = "setup/description_pypi.md", content-type = "text/markdown" }
--license = "GPL-3.0-or-later AND Apache-2.0 AND CC-BY-4.0"
+-license = "GPL-3.0-or-later AND Apache-2.0 AND CC-BY-4.0 AND ISC"
 -license-files = ["LICENSE.md", "setup/LICENSE-Apache-2.0.txt"]
  dynamic = ["version"]
  requires-python = ">=3.11"
  classifiers = [