diff --git a/misc/py-torchvision/Makefile b/misc/py-torchvision/Makefile
index 05168ec4309e..973a4e17bb9d 100644
--- a/misc/py-torchvision/Makefile
+++ b/misc/py-torchvision/Makefile
@@ -1,34 +1,36 @@
 PORTNAME=	torchvision
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	0.17.2
+DISTVERSION=	0.18.1
 CATEGORIES=	misc # machine-learning
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	PyTorch: Datasets, transforms and models specific to computer vision
 WWW=		https://pytorch.org/vision/stable/index.html
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libpng16.so:graphics/png
 PY_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}requests>0:www/py-requests@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytorch>0:misc/py-pytorch@${PY_FLAVOR}
 PY_DEPENDS+=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pillow>=5.3.0:graphics/py-pillow@${PY_FLAVOR} # image backend
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_DEPENDS}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PY_DEPENDS}
 
-USES=		python
+USES=		jpeg python
 USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist pytest # tests run in a very high memory ; in 0.17.1 tests fail to run, see https://github.com/pytorch/vision/issues/8278
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	pytorch
 GH_PROJECT=	vision
 
+MAKE_ENV=	TORCHVISION_INCLUDE=${LOCALBASE}/include # workaround for build failure suggested here: https://github.com/pytorch/vision/issues/8397#issuecomment-2168351425
+
 post-install: # strip binaries
 	@${STRIP_CMD} \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/torchvision/_C.so \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/torchvision/image.so
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/misc/py-torchvision/distinfo b/misc/py-torchvision/distinfo
index 9e8e84386a1f..01d231d98536 100644
--- a/misc/py-torchvision/distinfo
+++ b/misc/py-torchvision/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1711741695
-SHA256 (pytorch-vision-v0.17.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 0f9304acd77aafb7cfaf3fd5e318b2986ecc73547394b971d710eacd59f3e78e
-SIZE (pytorch-vision-v0.17.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 13091218
+TIMESTAMP = 1718852076
+SHA256 (pytorch-vision-v0.18.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 347d472a9ceecc44e0bee1eda140d63cfaffc74a54ec07d4b98da7698ce75516
+SIZE (pytorch-vision-v0.18.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 9485686