diff --git a/math/octave-forge-fileio/Makefile b/math/octave-forge-fileio/Makefile
index 8b62cb625fef..fa1df870a40d 100644
--- a/math/octave-forge-fileio/Makefile
+++ b/math/octave-forge-fileio/Makefile
@@ -1,25 +1,24 @@
 PORTNAME=	octave-forge-fileio
-DISTVERSION=	1.1.1
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	1.2.0
 CATEGORIES=	math
 
 MAINTAINER=	stephen@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Octave-forge package ${OCTAVE_PKGNAME}
 WWW=		https://packages.octave.org/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKDIR}/${OCTAVE_SRC}/COPYING
 
 USES=		octave
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	reprostat
 GH_PROJECT=	fileio
 
 OCTAVE_SRC=	${GH_PROJECT}-${DISTVERSION}
 
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${OCTAVE_SRC}	# Required so that patch will apply.
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 NO_BUILD=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/math/octave-forge-fileio/distinfo b/math/octave-forge-fileio/distinfo
index 7c5ca12bda61..76ab9b37901a 100644
--- a/math/octave-forge-fileio/distinfo
+++ b/math/octave-forge-fileio/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1684520918
-SHA256 (octave-forge/reprostat-fileio-1.1.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 659cba2499ed570be31b5b18e76baafeca540562c1ee2da2a79becd95a712222
-SIZE (octave-forge/reprostat-fileio-1.1.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 1482303
+TIMESTAMP = 1685139932
+SHA256 (octave-forge/reprostat-fileio-1.2.0_GH0.tar.gz) = f621280accdad3412d0732ed7e7d845c04b3f80ee209db8871bb28da1f0aa7b6
+SIZE (octave-forge/reprostat-fileio-1.2.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 1482452
diff --git a/math/octave-forge-fileio/files/patch-DESCRIPTION b/math/octave-forge-fileio/files/patch-DESCRIPTION
index 5baa99e9bf35..b1404eb3fb53 100644
--- a/math/octave-forge-fileio/files/patch-DESCRIPTION
+++ b/math/octave-forge-fileio/files/patch-DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 --- DESCRIPTION.orig	2023-05-16 19:23:40 UTC
 +++ DESCRIPTION
 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
  name: fileio
 -version: 1.1.0
-+version: 1.1.1
++version: 1.2.0
  date: 2023-01-05
  author: Tibor Auer <tibor.auer@gmail.com>
  maintainer: Tibor Auer <tibor.auer@gmail.com>