diff --git a/devel/py-pythran/Makefile b/devel/py-pythran/Makefile
index 0e782ce91e75..8f9399bcf8ac 100644
--- a/devel/py-pythran/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-pythran/Makefile
@@ -1,32 +1,31 @@
 PORTNAME=	pythran
-PORTVERSION=	0.17.0
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	0.18.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	wen@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Ahead of Time compiler for numeric kernels
 WWW=		https://github.com/serge-sans-paille/pythran
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}ply>=3.4:devel/py-ply@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}gast>=0.5.0:devel/py-gast@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}beniget>=0.4.0:devel/py-beniget@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 post-extract:
 	${RM} ${WRKSRC}/third_party/xsimd/config/*.rej
 	${RM} ${WRKSRC}/third_party/xsimd/*.rej
 	${RM} ${WRKSRC}/third_party/xsimd/math/.xsimd_gamma.hpp.swp
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-pythran/distinfo b/devel/py-pythran/distinfo
index c6d9f7e41e4f..bc71cc7462bd 100644
--- a/devel/py-pythran/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-pythran/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1739495439
-SHA256 (pythran-0.17.0.tar.gz) = 3b77d6d970a6cf5b448facc7d4f6229c3e73909ac27ea2480c843afdadbad0fb
-SIZE (pythran-0.17.0.tar.gz) = 2394494
+TIMESTAMP = 1761115962
+SHA256 (pythran-0.18.0.tar.gz) = 5c003e8cbedf6dbb68c2869c49fc110ce8b5e8982993078a4a819f1dadc4fc6a
+SIZE (pythran-0.18.0.tar.gz) = 2402895
diff --git a/devel/py-pythran/files/patch-pythran_dist.py b/devel/py-pythran/files/patch-pythran_dist.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 10a0ee69fd59..000000000000
--- a/devel/py-pythran/files/patch-pythran_dist.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- pythran/dist.py.orig	2024-10-17 07:42:48 UTC
-+++ pythran/dist.py
-@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class PythranBuildExtMixIn(object):
-                     return find_exe(exe, *args, **kwargs)
- 
-                 msvc._find_exe = _find_exe
--            except ImportError:
-+            except (AttributeError, ImportError):
-                 pass
- 
-         # In general, distutils uses -Wstrict-prototypes, but this option