diff --git a/misc/py-pytorch/Makefile b/misc/py-pytorch/Makefile
index b1d806687efb..c8adb0df30ed 100644
--- a/misc/py-pytorch/Makefile
+++ b/misc/py-pytorch/Makefile
@@ -1,87 +1,86 @@
 PORTNAME=	pytorch
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	2.5.1
-PORTREVISION=	7
+DISTVERSION=	2.6.0
 CATEGORIES=	misc # machine-learning
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/releases/download/v${DISTVERSION}/
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 DISTFILES=	${PORTNAME}-${DISTVERSIONFULL}${EXTRACT_SUFX} # the main tarball disappears when GH_xx tags are added w/out this line
 DIST_SUBDIR=	${PORTNAME}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	PyTorch: Tensors and dynamic neural networks in Python
 WWW=		https://pytorch.org/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BROKEN_aarch64=	build fails: CMake Error at third_party/QNNPACK/CMakeLists.txt:47 (MESSAGE): Unrecognized CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME = FreeBSD, see https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/issues/144608
 BROKEN_armv7=	build fails: CMake Error at third_party/QNNPACK/CMakeLists.txt:47 (MESSAGE): Unrecognized CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME = FreeBSD, see https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/issues/144608
 BROKEN_i386=	build fails: DispatchStub.cpp:162:29: [0m[0;1;31merror: [0m[1muse of undeclared identifier 'AVX2'[0m
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	cmake:devel/cmake-core \
 		gmake:devel/gmake \
 		pybind11>0:devel/pybind11 \
 		${PYNUMPY} \
 		${LOCALBASE}/include/fxdiv.h:devel/fxdiv \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}typing-extensions>0:devel/py-typing-extensions@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyyaml>=0:devel/py-pyyaml@${PY_FLAVOR}
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libabsl_base.so:devel/abseil \
 		libblis.so:math/blis \
 		libmpi_cxx.so:net/openmpi4 \
 		libonnx.so:misc/onnx \
 		libopenblas.so:math/openblas \
 		libpthreadpool.so:devel/pthreadpool \
 		libprotobuf.so:devel/protobuf \
 		libsleef.so:math/sleef
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}filelock>0:sysutils/py-filelock@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}fsspec>0:filesystems/py-fsspec@${PY_FLAVOR}  \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}Jinja2>0:devel/py-Jinja2@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}networkx>0:math/py-networkx@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sympy>0:math/py-sympy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}typing-extensions>=4.8.0:devel/py-typing-extensions@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS+=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}dill>0:devel/py-dill@${PY_FLAVOR} # optional dependency
 
 USES=		compiler:c++17-lang localbase:ldflags python
 USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
 
 USE_GITHUB=	nodefault
 GH_TUPLE=	pytorch:cpuinfo:1e83a2f:cpuinfo/cpuinfo-with-freebsd-support # https://github.com/pytorch/cpuinfo/pull/230/commits
 
 MAKE_ENV=	USE_NINJA=no # ninja breaks for some reason
 MAKE_ENV+=	BUILD_TEST=0 # ninja breaks for some reason
 MAKE_ENV+=	USE_MKLDNN=0 # disable MKLDNN that doesn't exist, see https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/issues/100957
 MAKE_ENV+=	USE_CUDNN=0
 MAKE_ENV+=	USE_LAPACK=1 # needed on FreeBSD to run w/out GPU
 MAKE_ENV+=	USE_QNNPACK=0
 LDFLAGS+=	-lexecinfo
 LDFLAGS_powerpc64le=	-pthread
 
 BINARY_ALIAS=	make=${GMAKE}
 
 POST_PLIST=	fix-plist
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 .if ${OPSYS} == FreeBSD
 USES+=	llvm:max=15
 .endif
 
 post-patch:
 	@cd ${WRKSRC} && \
 		${RM} -r third_party/cpuinfo third_party/fbgemm/third_party/cpuinfo && \
 		${CP} -r cpuinfo-with-freebsd-support third_party/cpuinfo && \
 		${CP} -r cpuinfo-with-freebsd-support third_party/fbgemm/third_party/cpuinfo
 
 post-install: # strip binaries
 	@${STRIP_CMD} \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/torch/bin/torch_shm_manager \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/torch/_C${PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX}.so \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/functorch/_C${PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX}.so \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/torch/lib/lib*.so
 
 fix-plist: # remove the stray %%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/caffe2 file
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s|.*/caffe2$$||" ${TMPPLIST}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/misc/py-pytorch/distinfo b/misc/py-pytorch/distinfo
index 4b1c5737b490..ad7811521f78 100644
--- a/misc/py-pytorch/distinfo
+++ b/misc/py-pytorch/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1734497159
-SHA256 (pytorch/pytorch-v2.5.1.tar.gz) = 740eb5fff95e33cfe699bad43be83523f569c7cc7f9c285c2a255416443dd266
-SIZE (pytorch/pytorch-v2.5.1.tar.gz) = 298929057
+TIMESTAMP = 1741159433
+SHA256 (pytorch/pytorch-v2.6.0.tar.gz) = 3005690eb7b083c443a38c7657938af63902f524ad87a6c83f1aca38c77e3b57
+SIZE (pytorch/pytorch-v2.6.0.tar.gz) = 303743061
 SHA256 (pytorch/pytorch-cpuinfo-1e83a2f_GH0.tar.gz) = b8945cf45d4f13054d7f52e8bd9314690ea840d4d0ff21febd95ff04de3c613e
 SIZE (pytorch/pytorch-cpuinfo-1e83a2f_GH0.tar.gz) = 3541839
diff --git a/misc/py-pytorch/files/patch-setup.py b/misc/py-pytorch/files/patch-setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index bd7212e9e3c0..000000000000
--- a/misc/py-pytorch/files/patch-setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- setup.py.orig	2024-12-19 06:28:23 UTC
-+++ setup.py
-@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ def main():
-         "typing-extensions>=4.8.0",
-         'setuptools ; python_version >= "3.12"',
-         'sympy==1.12.1 ; python_version == "3.8"',
--        'sympy==1.13.1 ; python_version >= "3.9"',
-+        'sympy; python_version >= "3.9"',
-         "networkx",
-         "jinja2",
-         "fsspec",
diff --git a/misc/py-pytorch/files/patch-third__party_kineto_libkineto_src_ThreadUtil.cpp b/misc/py-pytorch/files/patch-third__party_kineto_libkineto_src_ThreadUtil.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index c439537220d6..000000000000
--- a/misc/py-pytorch/files/patch-third__party_kineto_libkineto_src_ThreadUtil.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- third_party/kineto/libkineto/src/ThreadUtil.cpp.orig	2024-07-24 18:41:37 UTC
-+++ third_party/kineto/libkineto/src/ThreadUtil.cpp
-@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ int32_t systemThreadId() {
- #elif defined __FreeBSD__
-     syscall(SYS_thr_self, &_sysTid);
- #else
--    _sysTid = (int32_t)syscall(SYS_gettid);
-+    _sysTid = (int32_t)syscall(SYS_getpid);
- #endif
-   }
-   return _sysTid;