diff --git a/textproc/py-docling-ibm-models/Makefile b/textproc/py-docling-ibm-models/Makefile
index 75a85947c182..a954495c74d6 100644
--- a/textproc/py-docling-ibm-models/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-docling-ibm-models/Makefile
@@ -1,36 +1,36 @@
 PORTNAME=	docling-ibm-models
-DISTVERSION=	3.13.3
+DISTVERSION=	4.0.2
 CATEGORIES=	textproc python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME:S/-/_/g}-${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	AI models used by the Docling PDF conversion package
 WWW=		https://github.com/docling-project/docling-ibm-models
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 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=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}accelerate>=1.2.1:misc/py-accelerate@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}docling-core>=2.19.0:textproc/py-docling-core@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}docling-core>=2.95.0:textproc/py-docling-core@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}huggingface-hub>=0.23:misc/py-huggingface-hub@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}jsonlines>=3.1.0:devel/py-jsonlines@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.24.4:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pillow>=10.0.0:graphics/py-pillow@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pydantic2>=2.0.0:devel/py-pydantic2@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytorch>=2.2.2:misc/py-pytorch@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}rtree>=1.0.0:devel/py-rtree@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}safetensors>=0.4.3:misc/py-safetensors@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}torchvision>=0:misc/py-torchvision@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}tqdm>=4.64.0:misc/py-tqdm@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}transformers>=4.42.0:misc/py-transformers@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/py-docling-ibm-models/distinfo b/textproc/py-docling-ibm-models/distinfo
index 70f71e7439e3..147025a874b6 100644
--- a/textproc/py-docling-ibm-models/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/py-docling-ibm-models/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1783064428
-SHA256 (docling_ibm_models-3.13.3.tar.gz) = 8c8b55e80b3d20fc74d85ca49a4d064578ef75b9f7251eec42fc9df6af426218
-SIZE (docling_ibm_models-3.13.3.tar.gz) = 98768
+TIMESTAMP = 1788718657
+SHA256 (docling_ibm_models-4.0.2.tar.gz) = cfc2e265d9ee5dc7bc4fe001916851adedba1d8020584d170b35da2d79321f8d
+SIZE (docling_ibm_models-4.0.2.tar.gz) = 77561
diff --git a/textproc/py-docling-ibm-models/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/textproc/py-docling-ibm-models/files/patch-pyproject.toml
index dd6fc727410d..466fc95bc4b5 100644
--- a/textproc/py-docling-ibm-models/files/patch-pyproject.toml
+++ b/textproc/py-docling-ibm-models/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
--- Fix license declaration format for PEP 621 compatibility and remove license-files path not present in distfile.
+-- Convert the PEP 621 license field from the SPDX short-string form to the
+-- {text = ...} form expected by the setuptools version in the Ports tree.
+-- This is a compatibility fix for devel/py-setuptools as packaged.
+
 --- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-07-09 20:28:26 UTC
 +++ pyproject.toml
-@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ description = "This package contains the AI models use
+@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  name = "docling-ibm-models"
- version = "3.13.3" # DO NOT EDIT, updated automatically
+ version = "4.0.2" # DO NOT EDIT, updated automatically
  description = "This package contains the AI models used by the Docling PDF conversion package"
 -license = "MIT"
 +license = {text = "MIT"}
- keywords = ["docling", "convert", "document", "pdf", "layout model", "segmentation", "table structure", "table former"]
+ keywords = ["docling", "convert", "document", "pdf", "table structure", "table former"]
  readme = "README.md"
  authors = [