diff --git a/devel/php-maxminddb/Makefile b/devel/php-maxminddb/Makefile
index e5945f850132..6efbb08c5c05 100644
--- a/devel/php-maxminddb/Makefile
+++ b/devel/php-maxminddb/Makefile
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 PORTNAME=	maxminddb
-PORTVERSION=	1.6.0
+PORTVERSION=	1.12.0
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 CATEGORIES=	devel net
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PHP_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
-MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	MaxMind DB Reader extension for PHP
+MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
+COMMENT=	PHP Reader for the MaxMind DB Database Format
 WWW=		https://github.com/maxmind/MaxMind-DB-Reader-php
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/../LICENSE
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libmaxminddb.so:net/libmaxminddb
 
 USES=		compiler:c11 localbase:ldflags php:ext
 
+WRKSRC_SUBDIR=	ext
+
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	maxmind
 GH_PROJECT=	MaxMind-DB-Reader-php
 
-WRKSRC_SUBDIR=	ext
-
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/php-maxminddb/distinfo b/devel/php-maxminddb/distinfo
index 69b87cfc8f29..ea45d7760a40 100644
--- a/devel/php-maxminddb/distinfo
+++ b/devel/php-maxminddb/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1577990268
-SHA256 (maxmind-MaxMind-DB-Reader-php-v1.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = e7735deb565845d73f68b3ae80a4ea40e7e2212b745deab9f23a3584cae6396f
-SIZE (maxmind-MaxMind-DB-Reader-php-v1.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 20898
+TIMESTAMP = 1745936104
+SHA256 (maxmind-MaxMind-DB-Reader-php-v1.12.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 12c9573741bf863bc0fe5927dd9550d9cb2dd3d9b471378d290443504cd2f055
+SIZE (maxmind-MaxMind-DB-Reader-php-v1.12.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 23460
diff --git a/devel/php-maxminddb/pkg-descr b/devel/php-maxminddb/pkg-descr
index 8454d251b20f..9d34b532fd63 100644
--- a/devel/php-maxminddb/pkg-descr
+++ b/devel/php-maxminddb/pkg-descr
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-This is the PHP API for reading MaxMind DB files. MaxMind DB is a binary
-file format that stores data indexed by IP address subnets (IPv4 or
-IPv6).
+This is the PHP API for reading MaxMind DB files. MaxMind DB is a binary file
+format that stores data indexed by IP address subnets (IPv4 or IPv6).