diff --git a/net-mgmt/py-netutils/Makefile b/net-mgmt/py-netutils/Makefile
index df4296b19b88..0e585aa965e8 100644
--- a/net-mgmt/py-netutils/Makefile
+++ b/net-mgmt/py-netutils/Makefile
@@ -1,31 +1,34 @@
 PORTNAME=	netutils
-DISTVERSION=	1.17.3
+DISTVERSION=	1.18.0
 CATEGORIES=	net-mgmt python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	kai@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Common helper functions useful in network automation
 WWW=		https://github.com/networktocode/netutils
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}poetry-core>=2.0.0<3.0.0:devel/py-poetry-core@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 # There are another two options, "napalm" + "legacycrypt", in "pyproject.toml"
 # and are deliberately not added for the time being.  The first one  would lead
 # to a circular dependency and the second one is required for Python 3.13+ (not
 # in ports tree, yet) which no longer has the deprecated "crypt" module.
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=		JSONSCHEMA
-OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	JSONSCHEMA
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=		JINJA2 JSONSCHEMA
+OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	JINJA2 JSONSCHEMA
 
+JINJA2_DESC=		Jinja2-aware config sanitizer support
 JSONSCHEMA_DESC=	ACL check support
-JSONSCHEMA_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}jsonschema>=4.17.3:devel/py-jsonschema@${PY_FLAVOR}
+
+JINJA2_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}Jinja2>=3.1.6<4.0.0:devel/py-Jinja2@${PY_FLAVOR}
+JSONSCHEMA_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}jsonschema>=4.17.3<5.0.0:devel/py-jsonschema@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net-mgmt/py-netutils/distinfo b/net-mgmt/py-netutils/distinfo
index 061f99ed5e8e..24198f8b6722 100644
--- a/net-mgmt/py-netutils/distinfo
+++ b/net-mgmt/py-netutils/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1783882738
-SHA256 (netutils-1.17.3.tar.gz) = d1b94b2f5ff899824237141eec76b9f75fac44fcf8c0f871520336b8938d2eb4
-SIZE (netutils-1.17.3.tar.gz) = 521064
+TIMESTAMP = 1785588936
+SHA256 (netutils-1.18.0.tar.gz) = dd584b856f3b454bb8ab00b415c6ca2c11ba254382db9444944e67d71e8bff19
+SIZE (netutils-1.18.0.tar.gz) = 522052