diff --git a/misc/py-gguf/Makefile b/misc/py-gguf/Makefile
index a4838cac908e..d0262db0c69a 100644
--- a/misc/py-gguf/Makefile
+++ b/misc/py-gguf/Makefile
@@ -1,43 +1,42 @@
 PORTNAME=	gguf
-DISTVERSION=	0.17.1.${GH_TAGNAME:S/b//} # the base version is in pyproject.toml, updated by post-patch
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	0.18.0.${GH_TAGNAME:S/b//} # the base version is in pyproject.toml, updated by post-patch
 CATEGORIES=	misc python # machine-learning
 #MASTER_SITES=	PYPI # the PYPI version is way behind of llama-cpp
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Read and write ML models in GGUF for GGML
 WWW=		https://ggml.ai \
 		https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}poetry-core>=1.0.0:devel/py-poetry-core@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy1>=1.16:math/py-numpy1@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyyaml>=5.1:devel/py-pyyaml@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sentencepiece>=0.1.98:textproc/py-sentencepiece@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}tqdm>=4.27:misc/py-tqdm@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python shebangfix
 USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	ggml-org
 GH_PROJECT=	llama.cpp
-GH_TAGNAME=	b7134
+GH_TAGNAME=	b8701
 
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${GH_PROJECT}-${GH_TAGNAME}/gguf-py
 
 SHEBANG_GLOB=	*.py
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 post-patch: # update version to reflect llama-cpp revision, have to use '.' since '-' is interpreted as "post"
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} \
 		-e 's/version = "${DISTVERSION:R}"/version = "${DISTVERSION:R}.${GH_TAGNAME:S/b//}"/' \
 		${WRKSRC}/pyproject.toml
 
 # tests as of 0.17.1.5895: 5 passed in 2.08s
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/misc/py-gguf/distinfo b/misc/py-gguf/distinfo
index b74c9ff7b0a5..41cd77ccc0d8 100644
--- a/misc/py-gguf/distinfo
+++ b/misc/py-gguf/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1763919658
-SHA256 (ggml-org-llama.cpp-0.17.1.7134-b7134_GH0.tar.gz) = a5e97acb5dfe4a47fb161ca9183c394bd4aeaa44a95ba4c7b184ecc70496723b
-SIZE (ggml-org-llama.cpp-0.17.1.7134-b7134_GH0.tar.gz) = 27279622
+TIMESTAMP = 1775628052
+SHA256 (ggml-org-llama.cpp-0.18.0.8701-b8701_GH0.tar.gz) = 25d373d9d8668231af2f4e8e9f30d79ce36b4e3171bcef612382161264a74d80
+SIZE (ggml-org-llama.cpp-0.18.0.8701-b8701_GH0.tar.gz) = 29712232