diff --git a/security/aws-iam-authenticator/Makefile b/security/aws-iam-authenticator/Makefile
index 8982acb20d0d..9f9d05e91a98 100644
--- a/security/aws-iam-authenticator/Makefile
+++ b/security/aws-iam-authenticator/Makefile
@@ -1,21 +1,23 @@
 PORTNAME=	aws-iam-authenticator
-PORTVERSION=	0.7.11
+PORTVERSION=	0.7.12
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	security
 
 MAINTAINER=	danilo@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Use AWS IAM credentials to authenticate to a Kubernetes cluster
 WWW=		https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/aws-iam-authenticator
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 
-USES=		go:1.25+,modules
+USES=		go:1.26+,modules
+
+# Exit "workspace mode" so "go mod vendor" can be used
+MAKE_ENV=	GOWORK=off
 
 GO_MODULE=	github.com/kubernetes-sigs/${PORTNAME}
 GO_TARGET=	./cmd/${PORTNAME}
 GO_BUILDFLAGS=	-ldflags="-X sigs.k8s.io/aws-iam-authenticator/pkg.Version=${PORTVERSION}"
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/${PORTNAME}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/security/aws-iam-authenticator/distinfo b/security/aws-iam-authenticator/distinfo
index 36805db69465..054cb262b7db 100644
--- a/security/aws-iam-authenticator/distinfo
+++ b/security/aws-iam-authenticator/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1771675740
-SHA256 (go/security_aws-iam-authenticator/aws-iam-authenticator-v0.7.11/v0.7.11.mod) = 4692df20e98749eebc0e486e5dbffc2bae8756da43dc6b23c9f82bb4fd136921
-SIZE (go/security_aws-iam-authenticator/aws-iam-authenticator-v0.7.11/v0.7.11.mod) = 4735
-SHA256 (go/security_aws-iam-authenticator/aws-iam-authenticator-v0.7.11/v0.7.11.zip) = af93faa13a3765498a7258efd7e45c43ab9482329812aa45e9338adedf4e30fa
-SIZE (go/security_aws-iam-authenticator/aws-iam-authenticator-v0.7.11/v0.7.11.zip) = 233440
+TIMESTAMP = 1774188361
+SHA256 (go/security_aws-iam-authenticator/aws-iam-authenticator-v0.7.12/v0.7.12.mod) = d5430d9161bc285bcc321c31104ead200aa446b263debd0788fbd3e401f62c81
+SIZE (go/security_aws-iam-authenticator/aws-iam-authenticator-v0.7.12/v0.7.12.mod) = 5347
+SHA256 (go/security_aws-iam-authenticator/aws-iam-authenticator-v0.7.12/v0.7.12.zip) = a4da4ea6c8b383b7b08400d2629daa1e597769dc01366c975ff12863b10df36f
+SIZE (go/security_aws-iam-authenticator/aws-iam-authenticator-v0.7.12/v0.7.12.zip) = 240393