diff --git a/devel/ninja/Makefile b/devel/ninja/Makefile
index 0a1b8a5b3aaa..b4f595cb18b4 100644
--- a/devel/ninja/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ninja/Makefile
@@ -1,68 +1,68 @@
 PORTNAME=	ninja
-PORTVERSION=	1.12.1
+PORTVERSION=	1.12.0
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-PORTEPOCH=	2
+PORTEPOCH=	3
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	kde@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Small build system closest in spirit to Make
 WWW=		https://ninja-build.org/
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 USES=		python
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	ninja-build
 
 PORTSCOUT=	limit:^1\.
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/ninja
 PORTDOCS=	README.md manual.asciidoc
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		DOCS BASH ZSH
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	BASH ZSH
 
 BASH_PLIST_FILES=	share/bash-completion/completions/ninja
 ZSH_PLIST_FILES=	share/zsh/site-functions/_ninja
 
 # Set up the environment variables that ninja's configure.py recognizes and
 # respect building with ccache.
 NINJA_ENV=	AR="${AR}" \
 		CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" \
 		CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}" \
 		LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
 .if defined(WITH_CCACHE_BUILD) && !defined(NO_CCACHE)
 NINJA_ENV+=	CXX="${CCACHE_BIN} ${CXX}"
 .else
 NINJA_ENV+=	CXX="${CXX}"
 .endif
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} "s/'-g', //" ${WRKSRC}/configure.py
 
 do-build:
 	@(cd ${WRKSRC} && \
 		${SETENVI} ${CONFIGURE_ENV} ${NINJA_ENV} ${PYTHON_CMD} configure.py --bootstrap --verbose)
 
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/ninja ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	(cd ${WRKSRC} && \
 	    ${INSTALL_DATA} README.md doc/manual.asciidoc \
 	    ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR})
 
 do-install-BASH-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/bash-completion/completions/
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/misc/bash-completion \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/bash-completion/completions/ninja
 
 do-install-ZSH-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/zsh/site-functions
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/misc/zsh-completion \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/zsh/site-functions/_ninja
 
 do-test: build
 	cd ${WRKSRC} && ./ninja ninja_test && ./ninja_test
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/ninja/distinfo b/devel/ninja/distinfo
index f3d87c49c762..6d1c18739ea2 100644
--- a/devel/ninja/distinfo
+++ b/devel/ninja/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1715820159
-SHA256 (ninja-build-ninja-v1.12.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 821bdff48a3f683bc4bb3b6f0b5fe7b2d647cf65d52aeb63328c91a6c6df285a
-SIZE (ninja-build-ninja-v1.12.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 240483
+TIMESTAMP = 1714464552
+SHA256 (ninja-build-ninja-v1.12.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 8b2c86cd483dc7fcb7975c5ec7329135d210099a89bc7db0590a07b0bbfe49a5
+SIZE (ninja-build-ninja-v1.12.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 240291