diff --git a/irc/ergo/Makefile b/irc/ergo/Makefile
index 5621d2686089..e1f02f778425 100644
--- a/irc/ergo/Makefile
+++ b/irc/ergo/Makefile
@@ -1,31 +1,30 @@
 PORTNAME=	ergo
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	2.11.1
-PORTREVISION=	7
+DISTVERSION=	2.12.0
 CATEGORIES=	irc
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	-irc-server
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Modern IRC server (daemon/ircd) written in Go
 WWW=		https://ergo.chat/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-USES=		go:modules
+USES=		go:1.21,modules
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	ergochat
 GH_TUPLE=	golang:sys:v0.6.0:sys
 
 CONFLICTS_INSTALL=	ergo
 
 GO_PKGNAME=	github.com/${GH_ACCOUNT}/${PORTNAME}
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/${PORTNAME}
 
 pre-patch:
 	${RM} -r ${WRKSRC}/vendor/golang.org/x/sys
 	${LN} -s ${WRKDIR}/sys-* ${WRKSRC}/vendor/golang.org/x/sys
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/irc/ergo/distinfo b/irc/ergo/distinfo
index 6675dc53b610..e155b7f4b2cf 100644
--- a/irc/ergo/distinfo
+++ b/irc/ergo/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1679535890
-SHA256 (ergochat-ergo-v2.11.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 045cfffd2a387b37a344d6f538de7eeda0b718d71a898fe9919da579bdb25cfd
-SIZE (ergochat-ergo-v2.11.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 3264192
+TIMESTAMP = 1699204013
+SHA256 (ergochat-ergo-v2.12.0_GH0.tar.gz) = e9efe037e3ee73b902ef98344a884ad9c918b082ee81f166741cc224c51edc75
+SIZE (ergochat-ergo-v2.12.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 3461568
 SHA256 (golang-sys-v0.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = b4f6d17c7a128f76169964b437cb66b3f2dbf9a33361928ec19dfecf7b03fc54
 SIZE (golang-sys-v0.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 1434234