diff --git a/net-mgmt/py-netutils/Makefile b/net-mgmt/py-netutils/Makefile
index d16d922e8354..5dbc06e0e16f 100644
--- a/net-mgmt/py-netutils/Makefile
+++ b/net-mgmt/py-netutils/Makefile
@@ -1,27 +1,31 @@
 PORTNAME=	netutils
-DISTVERSION=	1.10.0
+DISTVERSION=	1.12.0
 CATEGORIES=	net-mgmt python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	kai@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Common helper functions useful in network automation
 WWW=		https://github.com/networktocode/netutils
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}poetry-core>=1.0.0:devel/py-poetry-core@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
-USES=		python
+USES=		python:3.9+
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
+# There are another two options, "napalm" + "legacycrypt", in "pyproject.toml"
+# and are deliberately not added for the time being.  The first one  would lead
+# to a circular dependency and the second one is required for Python 3.13+ (not
+# in ports tree, yet) which no longer has the deprecated "crypt" module.
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		JSONSCHEMA
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	JSONSCHEMA
 
 JSONSCHEMA_DESC=	ACL check support
 JSONSCHEMA_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}jsonschema>=4.17.3:devel/py-jsonschema@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net-mgmt/py-netutils/distinfo b/net-mgmt/py-netutils/distinfo
index ae4d84069967..5c3971132223 100644
--- a/net-mgmt/py-netutils/distinfo
+++ b/net-mgmt/py-netutils/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1727002935
-SHA256 (netutils-1.10.0.tar.gz) = f457fb85cb622e89aa0403fb2128c50986f7ce38d93a5873981727d088619793
-SIZE (netutils-1.10.0.tar.gz) = 498515
+TIMESTAMP = 1739696699
+SHA256 (netutils-1.12.0.tar.gz) = 96a790d11921063a6a64ee79c6e8c5a5ffcd05cbee07dd2b614d98c4416cffdd
+SIZE (netutils-1.12.0.tar.gz) = 503212