diff --git a/archivers/py-borgbackup/Makefile b/archivers/py-borgbackup/Makefile
index 66d0c3d0af95..0c077fa11177 100644
--- a/archivers/py-borgbackup/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/py-borgbackup/Makefile
@@ -1,76 +1,77 @@
 PORTNAME=	borgbackup
 DISTVERSION=	1.4.4
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	archivers python
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/releases/download/${DISTVERSION}/ \
 		PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	mandree@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Deduplicating backup program
 WWW=		https://pypi.org/project/borgbackup/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 # note that borgbackup pins the msgpack version range per patchlevel version!
-_BB_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}msgpack>=1.0.3<1.1.3:devel/py-msgpack@${PY_FLAVOR}
+_BB_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}msgpack>=1.0.3<1.2.1_99:devel/py-msgpack@${PY_FLAVOR}
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pkgconfig>=0:devel/py-pkgconfig@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-scm>=8:devel/py-setuptools-scm@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${_BB_DEPENDS}
 LIB_DEPENDS=	liblz4.so:archivers/liblz4 \
 		libzstd.so:archivers/zstd \
 		libxxhash.so:devel/xxhash
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>=19.0:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${_BB_DEPENDS}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${RUN_DEPENDS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}tox>=4.19:devel/py-tox@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}virtualenv>=0:devel/py-virtualenv@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		fakeroot:security/fakeroot
 
 USES=		pkgconfig python ssl
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist cython distutils
 MAKE_ENV=	BORG_OPENSSL_PREFIX=${OPENSSLBASE}
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		FUSE
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	FUSE
 
 FUSE_DESC=	Support to mount locally borg backup files
 FUSE_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}llfuse>0:filesystems/py-llfuse@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 _BORGHOME=${WRKDIR}/testhome
 _BORGENV=-i BORG_PASSPHRASE=secret123 PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR} HOME=${_BORGHOME}
 post-install:
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/man/man1/
 	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/docs/man/* ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/man/man1/
 	${FIND} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/borg/ -name "*.so" \
 		-exec ${STRIP_CMD} {} \;
 	@${ECHO_MSG} "----> running borg smoke tests"
 	${MKDIR} ${_BORGHOME}
 	${SETENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg -V
 	${RM} -r ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo
 	${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg init --encryption=repokey ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo
 	${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg key export ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo
 	${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg create ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo::test1 ${WRKSRC}
 	${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg create ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo::test2 ${WRKSRC} ${STAGEDIR}
 	${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg check --verify-data ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo
 	${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg info ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo
 	${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg prune --keep-last 1 ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo
 	${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg check --verify-data ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo
 	${ECHO_CMD} YES \
 	| ${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg check --repair ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo
 	${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg compact --progress ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo
 	${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg check --verify-data ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo
 	${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg extract --dry-run --progress ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo::test2
 	${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg export-tar ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo::test2 - >/dev/null
 	${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg list ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo
 	# long output - ${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg list ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo::test2 | ${GREP} -v ^d
 	${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/borg info ${WRKDIR}/borgrepo
 
 do-test:
 # work around https://github.com/tox-dev/tox/issues/3602
 	${RM} ${WRKSRC}/setup.cfg
 # the PATH dance works around a strange "pkg-config" file not found error.
 	cd ${WRKSRC} && ${SETENV} ${_BORGENV} PATH=${PATH}:${LOCALBASE}/bin tox-${PYTHON_VER} -e ${PY_FLAVOR} -vv
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/archivers/py-borgbackup/files/patch-msgpack b/archivers/py-borgbackup/files/patch-msgpack
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..548ed34cd46d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archivers/py-borgbackup/files/patch-msgpack
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+Obtained from:	https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/commit/2b93c83c179569d9aeb02c6aa387e5312590f505
+		https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/commit/8abdd3b8bf065dceecd52d2b22d92b3c407a7c1d
+
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-03-18 18:57:08 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ dependencies = [
+     # Please note:
+     # Using any other msgpack version is not supported by Borg development and
+     # any feedback related to issues caused by this will be ignored.
+-    "msgpack >=1.0.3, <=1.1.2",
++    "msgpack >=1.0.3, <=1.2.1",
+     "packaging",
+ ]
+ 
+--- src/borg/helpers/msgpack.py.orig	2026-03-18 18:57:08 UTC
++++ src/borg/helpers/msgpack.py
+@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ def is_supported_msgpack():
+     version_check = os.environ.get('BORG_MSGPACK_VERSION_CHECK', 'yes').strip().lower()
+ 
+     return version_check == 'no' or (
+-        (1, 0, 3) <= msgpack.version[:3] <= (1, 1, 2) and
++        (1, 0, 3) <= msgpack.version[:3] <= (1, 2, 1) and
+         msgpack.version not in []
+     )
+