diff --git a/sysutils/buildah/Makefile b/sysutils/buildah/Makefile
index 75b4f2b7bfa5..e274a92ac328 100644
--- a/sysutils/buildah/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/buildah/Makefile
@@ -1,29 +1,29 @@
 PORTNAME=	buildah
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.41.5
+DISTVERSION=	1.42.0
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 
 MAINTAINER=	dfr@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Manage Pods, Containers and Container Images
 WWW=		https://buildah.io/
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	as:devel/binutils \
 		bash:shells/bash \
 		go-md2man:textproc/go-md2man \
 		gsed:textproc/gsed
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libgpgme.so:security/gpgme
 RUN_DEPENDS=	containernetworking-plugins>=0:net/containernetworking-plugins \
 		containers-common>=0:sysutils/containers-common \
 		ocijail:sysutils/ocijail
 
-USES=		gmake go:no_targets,1.23 pkgconfig
+USES=		gmake go:no_targets,1.24 pkgconfig
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	containers
 GH_PROJECT=	buildah
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install install.completions
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/buildah/distinfo b/sysutils/buildah/distinfo
index 42fd51f5d49f..018d5350f970 100644
--- a/sysutils/buildah/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/buildah/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1759417144
-SHA256 (containers-buildah-v1.41.5_GH0.tar.gz) = 4bd94a16c612f493ce57557e21a58cb7e6427311e6e758484c18cd7e44276c43
-SIZE (containers-buildah-v1.41.5_GH0.tar.gz) = 11979196
+TIMESTAMP = 1761214350
+SHA256 (containers-buildah-v1.42.0_GH0.tar.gz) = d048349f671f09a34b368a8a3c7882f9f66af3e875be9245037ed734a6a73fd3
+SIZE (containers-buildah-v1.42.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 11789033
diff --git a/sysutils/buildah/files/patch-tests_wait_wait__unix.go b/sysutils/buildah/files/patch-tests_wait_wait__unix.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..881fe756abdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysutils/buildah/files/patch-tests_wait_wait__unix.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- tests/wait/wait_unix.go.orig	2025-10-17 18:57:49 UTC
++++ tests/wait/wait_unix.go
+@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ func main() {
+ )
+ 
+ func main() {
+-	if err := unix.Prctl(unix.PR_SET_CHILD_SUBREAPER, uintptr(1), 0, 0, 0); err != nil {
+-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%v", err)
+-		os.Exit(1)
+-	}
+ 	if len(os.Args) < 2 {
+ 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "usage: %s [CMD ...]\n", filepath.Base(os.Args[0]))
+ 		os.Exit(1)