diff --git a/textproc/py-xhtml2pdf/Makefile b/textproc/py-xhtml2pdf/Makefile
index 97001d33a8a8..63d541ec1b0b 100644
--- a/textproc/py-xhtml2pdf/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-xhtml2pdf/Makefile
@@ -1,34 +1,33 @@
 PORTNAME=	xhtml2pdf
-PORTVERSION=	0.2.17
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	0.2.18
 CATEGORIES=	textproc python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	PDF generator using HTML and CSS
 WWW=		https://xhtml2pdf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ \
 		https://github.com/xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}arabic-reshaper>=3.0.0:textproc/py-arabic-reshaper@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}html5lib>=1.1:www/py-html5lib@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pillow>=8.1.1:graphics/py-pillow@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyhanko>=0.12.1:security/py-pyhanko@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyhanko-certvalidator>=0.19.5:security/py-pyhanko-certvalidator@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pypdf>=3.1.0:print/py-pypdf@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}python-bidi>=0.4.2:textproc/py-python-bidi@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}reportlab>=4.0.4<5:print/py-reportlab@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}python-bidi>=0.5.0:textproc/py-python-bidi@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}reportlab>=4.0.4<6:print/py-reportlab@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}svglib>=1.2.1:converters/py-svglib@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}nose>=1.0:devel/py-nose@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/py-xhtml2pdf/distinfo b/textproc/py-xhtml2pdf/distinfo
index 87f6ebdffc50..f678e63ba785 100644
--- a/textproc/py-xhtml2pdf/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/py-xhtml2pdf/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1740836188
-SHA256 (xhtml2pdf-0.2.17.tar.gz) = 09ddbc31aa0e38a16f2f3cb73be89af5f7c968c17a564afdd685d280e39c526d
-SIZE (xhtml2pdf-0.2.17.tar.gz) = 139727
+TIMESTAMP = 1788500326
+SHA256 (xhtml2pdf-0.2.18.tar.gz) = 2e1a8ec7a060497deaaeb87a607bdf1e6a23f69bb16edb25937b081b3aedd059
+SIZE (xhtml2pdf-0.2.18.tar.gz) = 212844
diff --git a/textproc/py-xhtml2pdf/files/patch-python-bidi b/textproc/py-xhtml2pdf/files/patch-python-bidi
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c770b389421..000000000000
--- a/textproc/py-xhtml2pdf/files/patch-python-bidi
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-Reference:	https://github.com/xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf/commit/3ac6559d670736696e0a12a7e945191b7961428d
-
---- pyproject.toml.orig	2025-02-23 23:16:52 UTC
-+++ pyproject.toml
-@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ dependencies = [
-     "pyHanko>=0.12.1",
-     "pyhanko-certvalidator>=0.19.5",
-     "pypdf>=3.1.0",
--    "python-bidi>=0.5.0",
-+    "python-bidi>=0.4.2",
-     "reportlab>=4.0.4,<5",
-     "svglib>=1.2.1"
- ]
---- xhtml2pdf/util.py.orig	2025-02-23 22:08:13 UTC
-+++ xhtml2pdf/util.py
-@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import reportlab.pdfbase._cidfontdata
- import arabic_reshaper
- import reportlab
- import reportlab.pdfbase._cidfontdata
--from bidi import get_display
-+from bidi.algorithm import get_display
- from reportlab.lib.colors import Color, toColor
- from reportlab.lib.enums import TA_CENTER, TA_JUSTIFY, TA_LEFT, TA_RIGHT
- from reportlab.lib.units import cm, inch