diff --git a/multimedia/vvenc/Makefile b/multimedia/vvenc/Makefile
index c3373958c45f..a2b3ed736254 100644
--- a/multimedia/vvenc/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/vvenc/Makefile
@@ -1,34 +1,34 @@
 PORTNAME=	vvenc
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.11.1
+DISTVERSION=	1.12.0-rc1
 CATEGORIES=	multimedia
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Versatile Video Coding (VVC) encoder
 WWW=		https://www.hhi.fraunhofer.de/en/departments/vca/technologies-and-solutions/h266-vvc.html
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 BROKEN_i386=	compilation fails: error: use of undeclared identifier 'read_x86_extension_flags'
 BROKEN_powerpc=	compilation fails: error: use of undeclared identifier 'read_x86_extension_flags'
 
 USES=		cmake:testing compiler:c++14-lang
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	fraunhoferhhi
 
 CMAKE_ON=	BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 .if ${ARCH:Marmv?} || ${ARCH} == i386 || ${ARCH} == powerpc
 CMAKE_OFF+=	VVENC_ENABLE_X86_SIMD
 .endif
 
 .if ${ARCH} == riscv64
 CMAKE_OFF+=	VVENC_ENABLE_LINK_TIME_OPT
 .endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/multimedia/vvenc/distinfo b/multimedia/vvenc/distinfo
index 284c5a145de7..990847d89185 100644
--- a/multimedia/vvenc/distinfo
+++ b/multimedia/vvenc/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1709623260
-SHA256 (fraunhoferhhi-vvenc-v1.11.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 4f0c8ac3f03eb970bee7a0cacc57a886ac511d58f081bb08ba4bce6f547d92fa
-SIZE (fraunhoferhhi-vvenc-v1.11.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 2048109
+TIMESTAMP = 1718612614
+SHA256 (fraunhoferhhi-vvenc-v1.12.0-rc1_GH0.tar.gz) = 511b4b5c722912abada8c3066e8c90cbf3d580c49b47fa518b31da4cd38de584
+SIZE (fraunhoferhhi-vvenc-v1.12.0-rc1_GH0.tar.gz) = 2056887
diff --git a/multimedia/vvenc/pkg-plist b/multimedia/vvenc/pkg-plist
index 4ec69be8abed..d0a35b667fb9 100644
--- a/multimedia/vvenc/pkg-plist
+++ b/multimedia/vvenc/pkg-plist
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 bin/vvencapp
 include/vvenc/version.h
 include/vvenc/vvenc.h
 include/vvenc/vvencCfg.h
 include/vvenc/vvencDecl.h
 lib/cmake/vvenc/vvencConfig.cmake
 lib/cmake/vvenc/vvencConfigVersion.cmake
 lib/cmake/vvenc/vvencTargets-shared-%%CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE%%.cmake
 lib/cmake/vvenc/vvencTargets-shared.cmake
 lib/libvvenc.so
-lib/libvvenc.so.1.11
-lib/libvvenc.so.1.11.1
+lib/libvvenc.so.1.12
+lib/libvvenc.so.1.12.0-rc1
 libdata/pkgconfig/libvvenc.pc