diff --git a/math/octave-forge-image/Makefile b/math/octave-forge-image/Makefile
index 85e1116e21c3..f9abe718eec9 100644
--- a/math/octave-forge-image/Makefile
+++ b/math/octave-forge-image/Makefile
@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
 PORTNAME=	octave-forge-image
-PORTVERSION=	2.16.1
+PORTVERSION=	2.18.0
 CATEGORIES=	math
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/octave/Octave%20Forge%20Packages/Individual%20Package%20Releases
 DISTNAME=	${OCTAVE_PKGNAME}-${DISTVERSIONFULL}
 
 MAINTAINER=	stephen@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Octave-forge package ${OCTAVE_PKGNAME}
 WWW=		https://packages.octave.org/
 
 LICENSE=	Many
 LICENSE_NAME=	Many different licenses
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKDIR}/${OCTAVE_SRC}/COPYING
 LICENSE_PERMS=	dist-mirror dist-sell pkg-mirror pkg-sell auto-accept
 
-USES=		compiler:c++14-lang octave
+USES=		octave
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
-CXXFLAGS+=	-fPIC
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/math/octave-forge-image/distinfo b/math/octave-forge-image/distinfo
index dffe7f307f38..5188034df013 100644
--- a/math/octave-forge-image/distinfo
+++ b/math/octave-forge-image/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1746215304
-SHA256 (octave-forge/image-2.16.1.tar.gz) = 34a84f755261f6c8d882d08b07567464ea25dc1515072ef6886f2b26ebf6f0a7
-SIZE (octave-forge/image-2.16.1.tar.gz) = 459001
+TIMESTAMP = 1755636185
+SHA256 (octave-forge/image-2.18.0.tar.gz) = d87af2b098a03b3fe78d05fe623cff49765f87251c0090769e214bbbc6569a00
+SIZE (octave-forge/image-2.18.0.tar.gz) = 477488