diff --git a/net/ndpi/Makefile b/net/ndpi/Makefile
index b7e66d6a7c41..315130aa477e 100644
--- a/net/ndpi/Makefile
+++ b/net/ndpi/Makefile
@@ -1,52 +1,52 @@
 PORTNAME=	ndpi
-PORTVERSION=	4.10.d20240807
+PORTVERSION=	4.12.d20241217
 PORTEPOCH=	1
 CATEGORIES=	net
 
 MAINTAINER=	madpilot@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	NTOP-maintained superset of the popular OpenDPI library
 WWW=		https://www.ntop.org/products/deep-packet-inspection/ndpi/
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL3+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	librrd.so:databases/rrdtool \
 		libjson-c.so:devel/json-c \
 		libgcrypt.so:security/libgcrypt \
 		libgpg-error.so:security/libgpg-error
 
 USES=		autoreconf compiler:c++11-lang cpe libtool localbase:ldflags pathfix \
 		pkgconfig
 CPE_VENDOR=	ntop
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--with-pic --with-local-libgcrypt
 CPPFLAGS=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include/json-c
 LIBS=		-ljson-c
 MAKE_ENV=	EXAMPLESDIR="${EXAMPLESDIR_REL}"
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	ntop
 GH_PROJECT=	nDPI
-GH_TAGNAME=	b07d0ae
+GH_TAGNAME=	b4455a0
 
 PLIST_SUB=	MAJOR_VER=${PORTVERSION:R:R} VER=${PORTVERSION:R}
 
 post-configure:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's/#define PACKAGE/#define NDPI_PACKAGE/g' \
 		-e 's/#define VERSION/#define NDPI_VERSION/g' \
 			${WRKSRC}/configure
 
 post-install:
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/libndpi.so.${PORTVERSION:R}.0
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/ndpiReader
 	${RM} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/libndpi.so \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/libndpi.so.${PORTVERSION:R:R}
 	${RLN} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/libndpi.so.${PORTVERSION:R}.0 \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/libndpi.so
 	${RLN} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/libndpi.so.${PORTVERSION:R}.0 \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/libndpi.so.${PORTVERSION:R:R}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net/ndpi/distinfo b/net/ndpi/distinfo
index bba61143de7e..25ffac8d3b27 100644
--- a/net/ndpi/distinfo
+++ b/net/ndpi/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1723128522
-SHA256 (ntop-nDPI-4.10.d20240807-b07d0ae_GH0.tar.gz) = 5810013650d53505c39a8f0ef695b681d8cfbf65198511397f7cff52a31df8a1
-SIZE (ntop-nDPI-4.10.d20240807-b07d0ae_GH0.tar.gz) = 38579260
+TIMESTAMP = 1734879291
+SHA256 (ntop-nDPI-4.12.d20241217-b4455a0_GH0.tar.gz) = c8384e2c2972f54d35bca4757ebc98f8090b3a878cd745a56f57f93d1ab0ffb1
+SIZE (ntop-nDPI-4.12.d20241217-b4455a0_GH0.tar.gz) = 47562576
diff --git a/net/ndpi/files/patch-example_Makefile.in b/net/ndpi/files/patch-example_Makefile.in
index d0051b797c65..9236fd15c5c5 100644
--- a/net/ndpi/files/patch-example_Makefile.in
+++ b/net/ndpi/files/patch-example_Makefile.in
@@ -1,77 +1,78 @@
---- example/Makefile.in.orig	2024-08-07 09:36:14 UTC
+--- example/Makefile.in.orig	2024-12-17 13:59:14 UTC
 +++ example/Makefile.in
 @@ -1,57 +1,28 @@ CXX=@CXX@
  AR=@AR@
  CC=@CC@
  CXX=@CXX@
 -ifneq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
 -OS := $(shell uname)
 -endif
 -ifeq ($(OS),Darwin)
 -CC=clang -fno-color-diagnostics
 -endif
  BUILD_MINGW=@BUILD_MINGW@
  BUILD_MINGW_X64=@BUILD_MINGW_X64@
  DISABLE_NPCAP=@DISABLE_NPCAP@
  EXE_SUFFIX=@EXE_SUFFIX@
  SRCHOME=../src
 -ifneq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
 -CFLAGS+=-fPIC -DPIC
 -endif
--CFLAGS+=-I$(SRCHOME)/include @NDPI_CFLAGS@ @PCAP_INC@ @GPROF_CFLAGS@
-+CFLAGS+=-fPIC -DPIC -I$(SRCHOME)/include @NDPI_CFLAGS@ @PCAP_INC@ @GPROF_CFLAGS@
+-CFLAGS+=-I$(SRCHOME)/include @NDPI_CFLAGS@ @PCAP_INC@ @GPROF_CFLAGS@ @CUSTOM_NDPI@
++CFLAGS+=-fPIC -DPIC -I$(SRCHOME)/include @NDPI_CFLAGS@ @PCAP_INC@ @GPROF_CFLAGS@ @CUSTOM_NDPI@
  LDFLAGS+=@NDPI_LDFLAGS@
  LIBNDPI=$(SRCHOME)/lib/libndpi.a
  LIBS=$(LIBNDPI) @PCAP_LIB@ @ADDITIONAL_LIBS@ @LIBS@ @GPROF_LIBS@
  HEADERS=reader_util.h $(SRCHOME)/include/ndpi_api.h \
          $(SRCHOME)/include/ndpi_typedefs.h $(SRCHOME)/include/ndpi_protocol_ids.h
  PREFIX?=@prefix@
 +EXAMPLESDIR?=share/examples/ndpi
  
 -ifneq ($(BUILD_MINGW),)
 -
 -ifeq ($(DISABLE_NPCAP),0)
 -CFLAGS+=-I@srcdir@/../windows/WpdPack/Include -I@srcdir@/../windows/WpdPack/Include/pcap
 -else
 -CFLAGS+=-DDISABLE_NPCAP
 -endif
 -
 -ifeq ($(DISABLE_NPCAP),0)
 -
 -ifneq ($(BUILD_MINGW_X64),)
 -LIBS+=@srcdir@/../windows/WpdPack/Lib/x64/wpcap.lib
 -else
 -LIBS+=@srcdir@/../windows/WpdPack/Lib/wpcap.lib
 -endif
 -
 -endif
 -
 -LIBS+=-Wl,-Bstatic -lpthread -Wl,-Bdynamic
 -else
  LIBS+=-pthread
 -endif
  
  CFLAGS+=-pthread
  
  all: ndpiReader$(EXE_SUFFIX) @DPDK_TARGET@
  
  EXECUTABLE_SOURCES := ndpiReader.c ndpiSimpleIntegration.c
 -COMMON_SOURCES := $(filter-out $(EXECUTABLE_SOURCES),$(wildcard *.c ))
 +COMMON_SOURCES = reader_util.c
  
  libndpiReader.a: $(COMMON_SOURCES:%.c=%.o) $(LIBNDPI)
  	$(AR) rsv libndpiReader.a $(COMMON_SOURCES:%.c=%.o)
-@@ -67,10 +38,10 @@ install: ndpiReader$(EXE_SUFFIX)
+@@ -67,10 +38,11 @@ install: ndpiReader$(EXE_SUFFIX)
  
  install: ndpiReader$(EXE_SUFFIX)
  	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/
 -	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/ndpi
 +	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/$(EXAMPLESDIR)/
  	cp ndpiReader$(EXE_SUFFIX) $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/
 -	cp protos.txt $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/ndpi/ndpiProtos.txt
 -	cp mining_hosts.txt $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/ndpi/ndpiCustomCategory.txt
-+	cp protos.txt $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/$(EXAMPLESDIR)//ndpiProtos.txt
-+	cp mining_hosts.txt $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/$(EXAMPLESDIR)//ndpiCustomCategory.txt
++	cp protos.txt $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/$(EXAMPLESDIR)/ndpiProtos.txt
++	cp mining_hosts.txt $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/$(EXAMPLESDIR)/ndpiCustomCategory.txt
++
  	[ -f ndpiSimpleIntegration$(EXE_SUFFIX) ] && cp ndpiSimpleIntegration$(EXE_SUFFIX) $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/ndpiSimpleIntegration$(EXE_SUFFIX) || true
  	[ -f build/app/ndpiReader.dpdk ] && cp build/app/ndpiReader.dpdk $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/ || true
  	[ -f ndpiReader.dpdk ] && cp ndpiReader.dpdk $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/ || true