diff --git a/net/nats-server/Makefile b/net/nats-server/Makefile
index 6f20609b2499..916a0a8df118 100644
--- a/net/nats-server/Makefile
+++ b/net/nats-server/Makefile
@@ -1,32 +1,31 @@
 PORTNAME=	nats-server
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	2.12.2
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	2.12.3
 CATEGORIES=	net
 
 MAINTAINER=	olgeni@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Messaging system written in Go
 WWW=		https://nats.io/
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		go:modules
 
 USE_RC_SUBR=	nats.sh
 
 GO_MODULE=	github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2
 
 USERS=		nats
 GROUPS=		nats
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 post-install:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${FILESDIR}/nats.conf ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/nats.conf.sample
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/README.md ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	cd ${WRKSRC}/server && ${COPYTREE_SHARE} configs ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net/nats-server/distinfo b/net/nats-server/distinfo
index 6cf170cc3437..7f3461c690e8 100644
--- a/net/nats-server/distinfo
+++ b/net/nats-server/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1763101154
-SHA256 (go/net_nats-server/nats-server-v2.12.2/v2.12.2.mod) = c11a9450e9fb21e82145e70d3eba956313850f9acf3df864ef4f4c006a40eed4
-SIZE (go/net_nats-server/nats-server-v2.12.2/v2.12.2.mod) = 750
-SHA256 (go/net_nats-server/nats-server-v2.12.2/v2.12.2.zip) = 6a86b0e551d5cc4445a87f85c62118d05a4a3911517d60d6f4fd054ae50e258a
-SIZE (go/net_nats-server/nats-server-v2.12.2/v2.12.2.zip) = 3021788
+TIMESTAMP = 1766714772
+SHA256 (go/net_nats-server/nats-server-v2.12.3/v2.12.3.mod) = cf18195593cb5a8d58590a9d3bf1d021c0a960358fc71c4199bb4e9ea5a731cf
+SIZE (go/net_nats-server/nats-server-v2.12.3/v2.12.3.mod) = 754
+SHA256 (go/net_nats-server/nats-server-v2.12.3/v2.12.3.zip) = 09cdd0a793f5c9fab55c3b265ed568f446bbaab640b8f9b555d73295971ed26e
+SIZE (go/net_nats-server/nats-server-v2.12.3/v2.12.3.zip) = 3048680
diff --git a/net/nats-server/pkg-descr b/net/nats-server/pkg-descr
index 250d580a7da7..fc7abe50013c 100644
--- a/net/nats-server/pkg-descr
+++ b/net/nats-server/pkg-descr
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
-NATS is an open-source, cloud-native messaging system.
+NATS is an open-source, cloud-native messaging system written in Go.
+It provides high-performance pub/sub, request/reply, and distributed
+queue patterns for microservices, IoT, and cloud-native applications.
+
+Features include JetStream for persistence and streaming, NATS KV for
+key-value storage, NATS Object Store, and built-in security with TLS
+and authentication.