diff --git a/audio/whisper.cpp/Makefile b/audio/whisper.cpp/Makefile
index 757869e17f2a..559df13ddfb2 100644
--- a/audio/whisper.cpp/Makefile
+++ b/audio/whisper.cpp/Makefile
@@ -1,43 +1,44 @@
 PORTNAME=	whisper.cpp
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	1.7.6
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	audio # machine-learning
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Port of OpenAI's Whisper model in C/C++
 WWW=		https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libggml.so:misc/ggml
 
 USES=		cmake:testing
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	ggerganov
 
 LDFLAGS+=	-pthread
 
 CMAKE_ON=	WHISPER_USE_SYSTEM_GGML
 CMAKE_OFF=	WHISPER_BUILD_TESTS
 CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	WHISPER_BUILD_TESTS \
 			WHISPER_BUILD_EXAMPLES
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		EXAMPLES
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	EXAMPLES # examples contain important user level programs
 OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
 
 EXAMPLES_CMAKE_BOOL=	WHISPER_BUILD_EXAMPLES
 
 MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=	yes # for tests to suceed on smaller Vulkan devices: they fail to allocate memory otherwise
 
 post-install:
 	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} \
 		${WRKSRC}/models/download-ggml-model.sh \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/${PORTNAME}-download-ggml-model.sh
 
 # tests as of 1.7.6: 73% tests passed, 3 tests failed out of 11, see https://github.com/ggml-org/whisper.cpp/issues/3404
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/misc/ggml/Makefile b/misc/ggml/Makefile
index db050b78c558..fafdab54bec2 100644
--- a/misc/ggml/Makefile
+++ b/misc/ggml/Makefile
@@ -1,38 +1,40 @@
 PORTNAME=	ggml
-DISTVERSION=	g20250828
+DISTVERSION=	g20250916
 CATEGORIES=	misc # machine-learning
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Tensor library for machine learning
 WWW=		https://github.com/ggerganov/ggml
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		cmake:testing compiler:c++17-lang python:run shebangfix
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 BROKEN_i386=	compilation fails: LLVM ERROR: out of memory
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	ggerganov
-GH_TAGNAME=	83835ff
+GH_TAGNAME=	978f6e1
 
 CMAKE_ON=	BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
-CMAKE_OFF=	GGML_BUILD_TESTS GGML_BUILD_EXAMPLES
+CMAKE_OFF=	GGML_BUILD_TESTS \
+		GGML_BUILD_EXAMPLES \
+		GGML_NATIVE
 CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	GGML_BUILD_TESTS
 
 BINARY_ALIAS=	git=false
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		VULKAN
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	VULKAN
 OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
 
 VULKAN_CMAKE_BOOL=	GGML_VULKAN
 VULKAN_BUILD_DEPENDS=	glslc:graphics/shaderc \
 			vulkan-headers>0:graphics/vulkan-headers
 VULKAN_LIB_DEPENDS=	libvulkan.so:graphics/vulkan-loader
 
 # tests as of g20250828: 100% tests passed, 0 tests failed out of 21
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/misc/ggml/distinfo b/misc/ggml/distinfo
index a17e9ebaeb14..d8983992a40c 100644
--- a/misc/ggml/distinfo
+++ b/misc/ggml/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1756957568
-SHA256 (ggerganov-ggml-g20250828-83835ff_GH0.tar.gz) = 42e76df96d99c86e9fe15a87dfe5eab6c0a117497d5bb6c4ef154dbf7b5e805c
-SIZE (ggerganov-ggml-g20250828-83835ff_GH0.tar.gz) = 2072055
+TIMESTAMP = 1758234399
+SHA256 (ggerganov-ggml-g20250916-978f6e1_GH0.tar.gz) = 6aed1d94900779583ae4c1981d27827a641aa97562421b24150f24b03a28e3f1
+SIZE (ggerganov-ggml-g20250916-978f6e1_GH0.tar.gz) = 2133677
diff --git a/misc/ggml/files/patch-src_ggml-cpu_CMakeLists.txt b/misc/ggml/files/patch-src_ggml-cpu_CMakeLists.txt
index fab5880da52b..a44169da8da7 100644
--- a/misc/ggml/files/patch-src_ggml-cpu_CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/misc/ggml/files/patch-src_ggml-cpu_CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,19 +1,30 @@
---- src/ggml-cpu/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2025-09-07 09:13:51 UTC
+--- src/ggml-cpu/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2025-09-16 11:42:24 UTC
 +++ src/ggml-cpu/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -382,13 +382,13 @@ function(ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant_impl tag_name)
+@@ -127,10 +127,6 @@ function(ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant_impl tag_name)
+                 if (NOT ARM_MCPU_RESULT)
+                     string(REGEX MATCH "-mcpu=[^ ']+" ARM_MCPU_FLAG "${ARM_MCPU}")
+                 endif()
+-                if ("${ARM_MCPU_FLAG}" STREQUAL "")
+-                    set(ARM_MCPU_FLAG -mcpu=native)
+-                    message(STATUS "ARM -mcpu not found, -mcpu=native will be used")
+-                endif()
+ 
+                 include(CheckCXXSourceRuns)
+ 
+@@ -382,13 +378,13 @@ function(ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant_impl tag_name)
              string(REGEX REPLACE "POWER *([0-9]+)" "\\1" EXTRACTED_NUMBER "${MATCHED_STRING}")
  
              if (EXTRACTED_NUMBER GREATER_EQUAL 10)
 -                list(APPEND ARCH_FLAGS -mcpu=power10 -mpowerpc64)
 +                list(APPEND ARCH_FLAGS -mcpu=power10)
              elseif (EXTRACTED_NUMBER EQUAL 9)
 -                list(APPEND ARCH_FLAGS -mcpu=power9 -mpowerpc64)
 +                list(APPEND ARCH_FLAGS -mcpu=power9)
              elseif (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} MATCHES "ppc64le")
                  list(APPEND ARCH_FLAGS -mcpu=powerpc64le -mtune=native)
              else()
 -                list(APPEND ARCH_FLAGS -mcpu=native -mtune=native -mpowerpc64)
 +                list(APPEND ARCH_FLAGS -mcpu=native -mtune=native)
              endif()
          elseif(GGML_CPU_ALL_VARIANTS)
              # Begin with the lowest baseline