diff --git a/sysutils/keyd/Makefile b/sysutils/keyd/Makefile
index e6e2807680e8..9b9f76648da0 100644
--- a/sysutils/keyd/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/keyd/Makefile
@@ -1,59 +1,58 @@
 PORTNAME=	keyd
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	2.5.0
+DISTVERSION=	2.6.0
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 
-MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
+MAINTAINER=	chalpin@cs.wisc.edu
 COMMENT=	Key remapping daemon for evdev
 WWW=		https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	evdev-proto>0:devel/evdev-proto
-LIB_DEPENDS=	libinotify.so:devel/libinotify
-
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	evdev-proto>0:devel/evdev-proto
+LIB_DEPENDS=	libinotify.so:devel/libinotify
+
 USES=		gmake python:env shebangfix
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
-USE_RC_SUBR=	${PORTNAME}
 GH_ACCOUNT=	rvaiya
+USE_RC_SUBR=	${PORTNAME}
 SHEBANG_FILES=	scripts/*
 MAKE_ARGS=	VERSION="${DISTVERSIONFULL}" COMMIT=""
+USERS=		${PORTNAME}
+GROUPS=		${PORTNAME}
+PLIST_DIRS=	${ETCDIR}
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/${PORTNAME} \
 		bin/${PORTNAME}-application-mapper
-PLIST_DIRS=	${ETCDIR}
 PORTDATA=	*
 PORTDOCS=	*
 PORTEXAMPLES=	*
 
-USERS=		${PORTNAME}
-GROUPS=		${PORTNAME}
-
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS EXAMPLES MANPAGES
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=MANPAGES
 
 MANPAGES_BUILD_DEPENDS=	scdoc:textproc/scdoc
 MANPAGES_ALL_TARGET=	all man
 MANPAGES_PLIST_FILES=	share/man/man1/${PORTNAME}.1.gz \
 			share/man/man1/${PORTNAME}-application-mapper.1.gz \
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's,/etc,$$(PREFIX)&,' \
 		-e 's,/usr/local,${LOCALBASE},' \
 		-e 's,${DOCSDIR_REL}/examples,${EXAMPLESDIR_REL},' \
 		-e 's/ -O3//' \
 		-e 's,v$$(VERSION)\\ \\($$(COMMIT)\\),$$(VERSION),' \
 		${WRKSRC}/Makefile
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's,/usr,${PREFIX},' \
 		-e 's,/etc,${PREFIX}&,' \
 		${WRKSRC}/docs/*.scdoc \
 		${WRKSRC}/examples/*.conf
 # https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-x11/2019-March/023097.html
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's,__FreeBSD,&_disabled,' \
 		${WRKSRC}/src/keyd.h \
 		${WRKSRC}/src/vkbd/uinput.c
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/${PORTNAME}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/keyd/distinfo b/sysutils/keyd/distinfo
index 7cfa487f8239..c8b6400fa18f 100644
--- a/sysutils/keyd/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/keyd/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1722102463
-SHA256 (rvaiya-keyd-v2.5.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 93ec6c153ef673a7a8b4d8b686494dee11d182513f4531c71dce15a8db7f6c1c
-SIZE (rvaiya-keyd-v2.5.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 671616
+TIMESTAMP = 1767812254
+SHA256 (rvaiya-keyd-v2.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 697089681915b89d9e98caf93d870dbd4abce768af8a647d54650a6a90744e26
+SIZE (rvaiya-keyd-v2.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 691300
diff --git a/sysutils/keyd/files/patch-src_daemon.c b/sysutils/keyd/files/patch-src_daemon.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7d99dd3b59e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysutils/keyd/files/patch-src_daemon.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- src/daemon.c.orig	2025-12-19 21:03:20 UTC
++++ src/daemon.c
+@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ int run_daemon(int argc, char *argv[])
+ 		exit(-1);
+ 	}
+ 
+-	sp.sched_priority = 49;
++	sp.sched_priority = sched_get_priority_max(SCHED_FIFO);
+ 	if (sched_setscheduler(0, SCHED_FIFO, &sp)) {
+ 		perror("sched_setscheduler");
+ 		exit(-1);