diff --git a/security/py-pyspnego/Makefile b/security/py-pyspnego/Makefile
index ba9ac5e7eb0a..77a90292438d 100644
--- a/security/py-pyspnego/Makefile
+++ b/security/py-pyspnego/Makefile
@@ -1,30 +1,30 @@
 PORTNAME=	pyspnego
-PORTVERSION=	0.11.2
+PORTVERSION=	0.12.0
 CATEGORIES=	security python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Windows Negotiate Authentication Client and Server
 WWW=		https://github.com/jborean93/pyspnego
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=61.0.0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent cryptography pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	KERBEROS YAML
 KERBEROS_DESC=	Kerberos authentication support
 YAML_DESC=	YAML output support
 
 KERBEROS_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}gssapi>=1.6.0:security/py-gssapi@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 			${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}krb5>=0.3.0:security/py-krb5@${PY_FLAVOR}
 YAML_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}ruamel.yaml>=0:devel/py-ruamel.yaml@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/security/py-pyspnego/distinfo b/security/py-pyspnego/distinfo
index 8149b4d44150..7a92eaef742a 100644
--- a/security/py-pyspnego/distinfo
+++ b/security/py-pyspnego/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1731679336
-SHA256 (pyspnego-0.11.2.tar.gz) = 994388d308fb06e4498365ce78d222bf4f3570b6df4ec95738431f61510c971b
-SIZE (pyspnego-0.11.2.tar.gz) = 225954
+TIMESTAMP = 1757436545
+SHA256 (pyspnego-0.12.0.tar.gz) = e1d9cd3520a87a1d6db8d68783b17edc4e1464eae3d51ead411a51c82dbaae67
+SIZE (pyspnego-0.12.0.tar.gz) = 225764
diff --git a/security/py-pyspnego/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/security/py-pyspnego/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6cdc7bdcb44c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/security/py-pyspnego/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2025-09-02 18:23:38 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ requires = [
+ [build-system]
+ requires = [
+-    "setuptools >= 77.0.3",  # license and license-files alignment
++    "setuptools >= 61.0.0",  # license and license-files alignment
+ ]
+ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+ 
+@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.9"
+ description = "Windows Negotiate Authentication Client and Server"
+ readme = "README.md"
+ requires-python = ">=3.9"
+-license = "MIT"
+-license-files = ["LICENSE"]
++license = {file = "LICENSE"}
+ authors = [
+     { name = "Jordan Borean", email = "jborean93@gmail.com" }
+ ]