diff --git a/cad/nvc/Makefile b/cad/nvc/Makefile
index 7c163fcd154d..019f510d43c8 100644
--- a/cad/nvc/Makefile
+++ b/cad/nvc/Makefile
@@ -1,54 +1,54 @@
 PORTNAME=	nvc
-DISTVERSION=	1.18.1
+DISTVERSION=	1.18.2
 CATEGORIES=	cad
 MASTER_SITES=	https://www.nickg.me.uk/files/
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	VHDL compiler and simulator
 WWW=		https://www.nickg.me.uk/nvc/ \
 		https://github.com/nickg/nvc
 
-LICENSE=	GPLv3
+LICENSE=	GPLv3+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=	aarch64 amd64
 # /wrkdirs/usr/ports/cad/nvc/work/nvc-1.18.0/src/jit/jit-code.c:858:42: error: use of undeclared identifier 'veneer'
 #  858 |                        veneer, ARRAY_LEN(veneer));
 #      |
 # https://github.com/nickg/nvc/blob/14f8f7c4a1733fc39b35799e8ae0328e91d1ae0f/src/jit/jit-code.c#L854
 ONLY_FOR_ARCHS_REASON=	compilation fails: jit-code.c:858:42: error: use of undeclared identifier 'veneer'
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	llvm-config${LLVM_VERSION}:devel/llvm${LLVM_VERSION}
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libcapstone.so:devel/capstone \
 		libffi.so:devel/libffi \
 		libzstd.so:archivers/zstd
 RUN_DEPENDS=	bash:shells/bash \
 		llvm${LLVM_VERSION}>0:devel/llvm${LLVM_VERSION}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	check>0:devel/check
 
 USES=		autoreconf compiler:c++14-lang localbase pkgconfig shebangfix
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	contrib/functions.sh
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_CMD=	${WRKSRC}/configure
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--with-llvm=${LOCALBASE}/bin/llvm-config${LLVM_VERSION}
 
 MAKE_ARGS=	CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" # only for tests
 TEST_TARGET=	check
 
 LDFLAGS+=	-lexecinfo
 
 # outsource build is required by the project
 BUILD_WRKSRC=		${BUILD_DIR}
 CONFIGURE_WRKSRC=	${BUILD_DIR}
 INSTALL_WRKSRC=		${BUILD_DIR}
 TEST_WRKSRC=		${WRKSRC}/.build
 
 BUILD_DIR=	${WRKSRC}/.build
 LLVM_VERSION=	${LLVM_DEFAULT}
 
 post-install:
 	@${FIND} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX} -name "*.so" | ${XARGS} ${STRIP_CMD}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/cad/nvc/distinfo b/cad/nvc/distinfo
index 9e5e7fecfeb7..a16b4e3cc17e 100644
--- a/cad/nvc/distinfo
+++ b/cad/nvc/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1760851919
-SHA256 (nvc-1.18.1.tar.gz) = dcb2cb651ee13df384a47c55a596842106f6cca9492f192729e566648817e321
-SIZE (nvc-1.18.1.tar.gz) = 2599248
+TIMESTAMP = 1766493577
+SHA256 (nvc-1.18.2.tar.gz) = ee34522a04c49f2a73ff4367088ded9674d726b44fd480995df8ac90e84271d8
+SIZE (nvc-1.18.2.tar.gz) = 2601236
diff --git a/cad/nvc/pkg-descr b/cad/nvc/pkg-descr
index a2b824f8b7f3..5b9e9bc5d621 100644
--- a/cad/nvc/pkg-descr
+++ b/cad/nvc/pkg-descr
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
 NVC is a GPLv3 VHDL compiler and simulator aiming for IEEE 1076-2002 compliance.
-See these blog posts for background information. NVC has been successfully used
-to simulate several real-world designs.
+
+- NVC supports almost all of VHDL-2008 with the exception of PSL, and it has
+been successfully used to simulate several real-world designs. Experimental
+support for Verilog and VHDL-2019 is under development.
+
+- NVC has a particular emphasis on simulation performance and uses LLVM to
+compile VHDL to native machine code.
+
+- NVC is not a synthesizer. That is, it does not output something that could be
+used to program an FPGA or ASIC. It implements only the simulation behaviour of
+the language as described by the IEEE 1076 standard.
+
+- NVC supports popular verification frameworks including OSVVM, UVVM, VUnit and
+cocotb.