diff --git a/www/py-searxng-devel/Makefile b/www/py-searxng-devel/Makefile
index dc759595d471..a2f8006c78c2 100644
--- a/www/py-searxng-devel/Makefile
+++ b/www/py-searxng-devel/Makefile
@@ -1,64 +1,64 @@
 PORTNAME=	searxng
-DISTVERSION=	20250711
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	20250819
 CATEGORIES=	www python
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	-devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	dtxdf@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Free internet metasearch engine
 WWW=		https://docs.searxng.org/
 
 LICENSE=	AGPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyyaml>=0:devel/py-pyyaml@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}Babel>=0:devel/py-babel@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}brotli>=0:archivers/py-brotli@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}certifi>=0:security/py-certifi@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}fasttext-predict>=0:textproc/py-fasttext-predict@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}flask-babel>=0:devel/py-flask-babel@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}flask>=0:www/py-flask@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}httpx-socks>=0:www/py-httpx-socks@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}httpx>=0:www/py-httpx@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}isodate>=0:devel/py-isodate@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}Jinja2>=0:devel/py-Jinja2@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}langdetect>=0:textproc/py-langdetect@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}lxml5>=0:devel/py-lxml5@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}markdown-it-py>=0:textproc/py-markdown-it-py@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}msgspec>=0:devel/py-msgspec@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pygments>=0:textproc/py-pygments@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}python-dateutil>=0:devel/py-python-dateutil@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytomlpp>=0:textproc/py-pytomlpp@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyyaml>=0:devel/py-pyyaml@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}redis>=0:databases/py-redis@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}requests>=0:www/py-requests@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setproctitle>=0:devel/py-setproctitle@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sqlite3>0:databases/py-sqlite3@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}tomli>=0:textproc/py-tomli@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}typer>=0:devel/py-typer@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}uvloop>=0:devel/py-uvloop@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}valkey>=0:databases/py-valkey@${PY_FLAVOR}
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}valkey>=0:databases/py-valkey@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}whitenoise>=0:www/py-whitenoise@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
-GH_TAGNAME=	d5743398539263f2c0cac676e073a08cb3eb6eb8
+GH_TAGNAME=	25647c20d1904840d089892bb118390f46c66984
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
 USE_RC_SUBR=	searxng
 
 CONFLICTS=	searx
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 SUB_FILES=	searxng
 SUB_LIST=	PYTHON_CMD=${PYTHON_CMD}
 
 post-patch: # expect dependencies to be backwards-compatible, otherwise it is difficult to have a port
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|==|>=|' ${WRKSRC}/requirements.txt
 
 post-install:
 # move settings to etc/ /usr/local/lib/python3.x/site-packages/searx/settings.yml
 	@${MV} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/searx/settings.yml ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/${PORTNAME}.yml.sample
 	@${LN} -s ${PREFIX}/etc/${PORTNAME}.yml ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/searx/settings.yml
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/www/py-searxng-devel/distinfo b/www/py-searxng-devel/distinfo
index 250538c4bcdc..aa0baa156201 100644
--- a/www/py-searxng-devel/distinfo
+++ b/www/py-searxng-devel/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1752528993
-SHA256 (searxng-searxng-20250711-d5743398539263f2c0cac676e073a08cb3eb6eb8_GH0.tar.gz) = d1fc242ddd14b2caf0a5a6f4e291a41fe1388628e44524854953ce78fd7a47c7
-SIZE (searxng-searxng-20250711-d5743398539263f2c0cac676e073a08cb3eb6eb8_GH0.tar.gz) = 5478189
+TIMESTAMP = 1755629208
+SHA256 (searxng-searxng-20250819-25647c20d1904840d089892bb118390f46c66984_GH0.tar.gz) = 9fa3831333cddfc27de8d5d1a20643669bbb4c2624133493ba6b40bbe13d5097
+SIZE (searxng-searxng-20250819-25647c20d1904840d089892bb118390f46c66984_GH0.tar.gz) = 5839091
diff --git a/www/py-searxng-devel/files/patch-searx_version.py b/www/py-searxng-devel/files/patch-searx_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7b9b32f09608
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/py-searxng-devel/files/patch-searx_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--- searx/version.py.orig	2025-08-19 19:13:19 UTC
++++ searx/version.py
+@@ -91,15 +91,6 @@ def get_information():
+     git_url = GIT_URL
+     git_branch = GIT_BRANCH
+ 
+-    try:
+-        version_string, version_tag, docker_tag = get_git_version()
+-    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as ex:
+-        logger.error("Error while getting the version: %s", ex.stderr)
+-    try:
+-        git_url, git_branch = get_git_url_and_branch()
+-    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as ex:
+-        logger.error("Error while getting the git URL & branch: %s", ex.stderr)
+-
+     return version_string, version_tag, docker_tag, git_url, git_branch
+ 
+