diff --git a/math/libxlsxwriter/Makefile b/math/libxlsxwriter/Makefile
index 3b6482e1698b..47019c9f27ab 100644
--- a/math/libxlsxwriter/Makefile
+++ b/math/libxlsxwriter/Makefile
@@ -1,32 +1,32 @@
 PORTNAME=	libxlsxwriter
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.1.9
+DISTVERSION=	1.2.1
 CATEGORIES=	math devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	bapt@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	C library for creating Excel XLSX files
 WWW=		https://libxlsxwriter.github.io/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/License.txt
 
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest>=0:devel/py-pytest@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		cmake:testing compiler:c11 localbase:ldflags minizip pathfix \
 		pkgconfig python:test ssl
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	jmcnamara
 
 EXTRACT_AFTER_ARGS=	--exclude ${GH_PROJECT_DEFAULT}-${GH_TAGNAME_EXTRACT}/third_party/md5 \
 			--exclude ${GH_PROJECT_DEFAULT}-${GH_TAGNAME_EXTRACT}/third_party/minizip \
 			--no-same-owner --no-same-permissions
 
 CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	BUILD_TESTS
 
 CMAKE_ON=	BUILD_SHARED_LIBS \
 		USE_OPENSSL_MD5 \
 		USE_SYSTEM_MINIZIP
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/math/libxlsxwriter/distinfo b/math/libxlsxwriter/distinfo
index 6da40c70f5e2..96e4d3e27a96 100644
--- a/math/libxlsxwriter/distinfo
+++ b/math/libxlsxwriter/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1731068391
-SHA256 (jmcnamara-libxlsxwriter-v1.1.9_GH0.tar.gz) = 03ae330d50f74c8a70be0b06b52bd50868f7cd1251ed040fe3b68d1ad6fd11dc
-SIZE (jmcnamara-libxlsxwriter-v1.1.9_GH0.tar.gz) = 21840995
+TIMESTAMP = 1741521284
+SHA256 (jmcnamara-libxlsxwriter-v1.2.1_GH0.tar.gz) = f3a43fb6b4dab2d65bcbce56088f58c94a8ae7fb5746106c069d77ef87794a24
+SIZE (jmcnamara-libxlsxwriter-v1.2.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 21839118
diff --git a/math/libxlsxwriter/pkg-plist b/math/libxlsxwriter/pkg-plist
index 55e069be4b40..401603aabf9d 100644
--- a/math/libxlsxwriter/pkg-plist
+++ b/math/libxlsxwriter/pkg-plist
@@ -1,38 +1,38 @@
 include/xlsxwriter.h
 include/xlsxwriter/app.h
 include/xlsxwriter/chart.h
 include/xlsxwriter/chartsheet.h
 include/xlsxwriter/comment.h
 include/xlsxwriter/common.h
 include/xlsxwriter/content_types.h
 include/xlsxwriter/core.h
 include/xlsxwriter/custom.h
 include/xlsxwriter/drawing.h
 include/xlsxwriter/format.h
 include/xlsxwriter/hash_table.h
 include/xlsxwriter/metadata.h
 include/xlsxwriter/packager.h
 include/xlsxwriter/relationships.h
 include/xlsxwriter/rich_value.h
 include/xlsxwriter/rich_value_rel.h
 include/xlsxwriter/rich_value_structure.h
 include/xlsxwriter/rich_value_types.h
 include/xlsxwriter/shared_strings.h
 include/xlsxwriter/styles.h
 include/xlsxwriter/table.h
 include/xlsxwriter/theme.h
 include/xlsxwriter/third_party/emyg_dtoa.h
 include/xlsxwriter/third_party/ioapi.h
 include/xlsxwriter/third_party/md5.h
 include/xlsxwriter/third_party/queue.h
 include/xlsxwriter/third_party/tmpfileplus.h
 include/xlsxwriter/third_party/tree.h
 include/xlsxwriter/third_party/zip.h
 include/xlsxwriter/utility.h
 include/xlsxwriter/vml.h
 include/xlsxwriter/workbook.h
 include/xlsxwriter/worksheet.h
 include/xlsxwriter/xmlwriter.h
 lib/libxlsxwriter.so
-lib/libxlsxwriter.so.7
+lib/libxlsxwriter.so.8
 libdata/pkgconfig/xlsxwriter.pc