diff --git a/textproc/R-cran-utf8/Makefile b/textproc/R-cran-utf8/Makefile
index 84c094453473..36ae44c1e4f7 100644
--- a/textproc/R-cran-utf8/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/R-cran-utf8/Makefile
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 PORTNAME=	utf8
-DISTVERSION=	1.2.5
+DISTVERSION=	1.2.6
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	uzsolt@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Unicode Text Processing
 WWW=		https://cran.r-project.org/package=utf8
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 TEST_DEPENDS=	R-cran-cli>0:devel/R-cran-cli \
 		R-cran-covr>0:devel/R-cran-covr \
 		R-cran-knitr>0:print/R-cran-knitr \
 		R-cran-rlang>0:devel/R-cran-rlang \
 		R-cran-rmarkdown>0:textproc/R-cran-rmarkdown \
 		R-cran-testthat>=3.0.0:devel/R-cran-testthat \
 		R-cran-withr>0:devel/R-cran-withr
 
 USES=		cran:auto-plist,compiles
 
 # https://github.com/patperry/r-utf8/issues/45
 TESTING_UNSAFE=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/R-cran-utf8/distinfo b/textproc/R-cran-utf8/distinfo
index c6421b7aa4ed..9b4f48292726 100644
--- a/textproc/R-cran-utf8/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/R-cran-utf8/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1746207256
-SHA256 (utf8_1.2.5.tar.gz) = 2fbe8263c119ed74590b768a89effbdb17b82dfca673bd176eaacf08b7913d24
-SIZE (utf8_1.2.5.tar.gz) = 243585
+TIMESTAMP = 1749448797
+SHA256 (utf8_1.2.6.tar.gz) = 4589f8b72291329e70b7f3a8c20f2feb4e7764eebad2e6976bc9a3eee7686ce9
+SIZE (utf8_1.2.6.tar.gz) = 243856