diff --git a/editors/novelwriter/Makefile b/editors/novelwriter/Makefile
index 6bec95093596..244ca0d86791 100644
--- a/editors/novelwriter/Makefile
+++ b/editors/novelwriter/Makefile
@@ -1,31 +1,31 @@
 PORTNAME=	novelWriter
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	26.1.1
+DISTVERSION=	26.2
 CATEGORIES=	editors python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Text editor designed for writing novels
 WWW=		https://novelwriter.io/ \
 		https://github.com/vkbo/novelwriter
 
-LICENSE=	GPLv3
+LICENSE=	GPLv3+
 
 PY_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}lxml>0:devel/py-lxml@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}enchant>=3.0.0:textproc/py-enchant@${PY_FLAVOR}
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
 		${PY_DEPENDS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PY_DEPENDS}
 
 USES=		python pyqt:6
 USE_PYQT=	pyqt6
 USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	vkbo
 GH_PROJECT=	novelWriter
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/editors/novelwriter/distinfo b/editors/novelwriter/distinfo
index 8bf52c37b910..5ca9928a24b2 100644
--- a/editors/novelwriter/distinfo
+++ b/editors/novelwriter/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1783484678
-SHA256 (vkbo-novelWriter-v26.1.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 8f0945198492fa65a727a91b5a65f70810db31d0554c84207fb055df51568f1b
-SIZE (vkbo-novelWriter-v26.1.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 5072914
+TIMESTAMP = 1788936049
+SHA256 (vkbo-novelWriter-v26.2_GH0.tar.gz) = d04bed977276ff8d5556a955b244360a9252f3c96e5c755af894fd3440e34a6a
+SIZE (vkbo-novelWriter-v26.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 5150594
diff --git a/editors/novelwriter/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/editors/novelwriter/files/patch-pyproject.toml
index b48bfb0c8986..d4bff3ae5586 100644
--- a/editors/novelwriter/files/patch-pyproject.toml
+++ b/editors/novelwriter/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
---- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-04-26 13:50:57 UTC
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-09-05 12:19:48 UTC
 +++ pyproject.toml
 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
  [build-system]
 -requires = ["setuptools>=77.0.3"]
 +requires = ["setuptools"]
  build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
  
  [project]
 @@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ readme = { file = "setup/description_pypi.md", content
  authors = [{ name = "Veronica Berglyd Olsen", email = "code@vkbo.net" }]
  description = "A plain text editor for planning and writing novels"
  readme = { file = "setup/description_pypi.md", content-type = "text/markdown" }
 -license = "GPL-3.0-or-later AND Apache-2.0 AND CC-BY-4.0 AND ISC"
--license-files = ["LICENSE.md", "setup/LICENSE-Apache-2.0.txt"]
+-license-files = ["LICENSE.md"]
  dynamic = ["version"]
  requires-python = ">=3.11"
  classifiers = [