diff --git a/net-mgmt/ping_exporter/Makefile b/net-mgmt/ping_exporter/Makefile
index 35bcfa9450f0..11283509e956 100644
--- a/net-mgmt/ping_exporter/Makefile
+++ b/net-mgmt/ping_exporter/Makefile
@@ -1,37 +1,36 @@
 PORTNAME=	ping_exporter
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.2.0
-PORTREVISION=	2
+DISTVERSION=	1.2.1
 CATEGORIES=	net-mgmt
 
 MAINTAINER=	ivy@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Prometheus exporter for ICMP echo requests
 WWW=		https://github.com/czerwonk/ping_exporter
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		go:modules
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	czerwonk
 
 USE_RC_SUBR=	ping_exporter
 
 GO_MOD_DIST=	github
 GO_MODULE=	github.com/czerwonk/ping_exporter
 GO_TARGET=	.:ping_exporter
 
 SUB_FILES=	pkg-message
 
 post-install:
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${PATCHDIR}/ping_exporter.yml.sample \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/ping_exporter.yml.sample
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}/syslog.d \
 		${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}/newsyslog.conf.d
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${PATCHDIR}/ping_exporter.syslog \
 		${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}/syslog.d/ping_exporter.conf
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${PATCHDIR}/ping_exporter.newsyslog \
 		${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}/newsyslog.conf.d/ping_exporter.conf
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net-mgmt/ping_exporter/distinfo b/net-mgmt/ping_exporter/distinfo
index e02e21f43643..cfeded818e38 100644
--- a/net-mgmt/ping_exporter/distinfo
+++ b/net-mgmt/ping_exporter/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1774435397
-SHA256 (go/net-mgmt_ping_exporter/czerwonk-ping_exporter-v1.2.0_GH0/go.mod) = e963f407c12eba979a4020f82af6ffd071e9255951695fb03dd0e77962e62e9d
-SIZE (go/net-mgmt_ping_exporter/czerwonk-ping_exporter-v1.2.0_GH0/go.mod) = 3175
-SHA256 (go/net-mgmt_ping_exporter/czerwonk-ping_exporter-v1.2.0_GH0/czerwonk-ping_exporter-v1.2.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 79c1364451029cc96c33ca6b20756feb9fad479b703e3149a97d0992a26516ea
-SIZE (go/net-mgmt_ping_exporter/czerwonk-ping_exporter-v1.2.0_GH0/czerwonk-ping_exporter-v1.2.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 34539
+TIMESTAMP = 1779273552
+SHA256 (go/net-mgmt_ping_exporter/czerwonk-ping_exporter-v1.2.1_GH0/go.mod) = e3c6320304c2fd40fbdc3ca92c7e33f5639c9fb3b106e9dc8f51ab406902bb0a
+SIZE (go/net-mgmt_ping_exporter/czerwonk-ping_exporter-v1.2.1_GH0/go.mod) = 3205
+SHA256 (go/net-mgmt_ping_exporter/czerwonk-ping_exporter-v1.2.1_GH0/czerwonk-ping_exporter-v1.2.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 4a93734810aab9b6830a2f8f90345858bdddfcbd3b5dc4c130a16faec6116304
+SIZE (go/net-mgmt_ping_exporter/czerwonk-ping_exporter-v1.2.1_GH0/czerwonk-ping_exporter-v1.2.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 34104
diff --git a/net-mgmt/ping_exporter/pkg-message b/net-mgmt/ping_exporter/pkg-message
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..adeca270134c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-mgmt/ping_exporter/pkg-message
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[
+{
+  type: upgrade
+  maximum_version: "1.2.0"
+  message: <<EOD
+BREAKING CHANGE: The ping_exporter configuration file format has changed.
+Please refer to https://github.com/czerwonk/ping_exporter/releases/tag/v1.2.0
+for details on how to migrate.
+EOD
+}
+]