diff --git a/cad/nvc/Makefile b/cad/nvc/Makefile
index 436ac33e9c33..12b9da6e2c77 100644
--- a/cad/nvc/Makefile
+++ b/cad/nvc/Makefile
@@ -1,65 +1,64 @@
 PORTNAME=	nvc
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	r
-DISTVERSION=	1.11.3
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	1.12.0
 CATEGORIES=	cad
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	VHDL compiler and simulator
 WWW=		https://github.com/nickg/nvc
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 BROKEN_armv6=	compilation fails: no member named '_gregs' in 'mcontext_t'; did you mean '__gregs', see https://github.com/nickg/nvc/issues/534
 BROKEN_armv7=	compilation fails: no member named '_gregs' in 'mcontext_t'; did you mean '__gregs', see https://github.com/nickg/nvc/issues/534
 BROKEN_FreeBSD_14_i386=	clang creashes, see https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=265826
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	llvm-config${LLVM_VERSION}:devel/llvm${LLVM_VERSION}
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libelf.so:devel/elfutils \
 		libffi.so:devel/libffi \
 		libzstd.so:archivers/zstd
 RUN_DEPENDS=	llvm${LLVM_VERSION}>0:devel/llvm${LLVM_VERSION} \
 		bash:shells/bash
 TEST_DEPENDS=	check>0:devel/check
 
 USES=		autoreconf compiler:c++14-lang localbase pkgconfig shebangfix
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	nickg
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	contrib/functions.sh
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 GNU_CONFIGURE_MANPREFIX=	${PREFIX}/share
 
 LDFLAGS+=	-lexecinfo
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--with-llvm=${LOCALBASE}/bin/llvm-config${LLVM_VERSION}
 
 MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=	yes # workaround for https://github.com/nickg/nvc/issues/746
 
 TEST_TARGET=	check
 TEST_WRKSRC=	${WRKSRC}/.build
 
 MAKE_ARGS=	CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" # only for tests
 
 LLVM_VERSION=	${LLVM_DEFAULT}
 
 # outsource build is required by the project
 BUILD_DIR=		${WRKSRC}/.build
 BUILD_WRKSRC=		${BUILD_DIR}
 CONFIGURE_WRKSRC=	${BUILD_DIR}
 INSTALL_WRKSRC=		${BUILD_DIR}
 CONFIGURE_CMD=		${WRKSRC}/configure
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 .if ${ARCH} == "i386" # see the bug#268319 for the LTO failure on i386
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--disable-lto # workaround for https://github.com/nickg/nvc/issues/579 (undefined symbol: _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_, see error: undefined symbol: _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_)
 .endif
 
 post-install:
 	@${FIND} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX} -name "*.so" | ${XARGS} ${STRIP_CMD}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/cad/nvc/distinfo b/cad/nvc/distinfo
index dcf2b71d02df..6acf47b10432 100644
--- a/cad/nvc/distinfo
+++ b/cad/nvc/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1707114774
-SHA256 (nickg-nvc-r1.11.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 2373c187a1f89092ffff013f7de32d32a6366d792f3e78500ab36ae150a1aab2
-SIZE (nickg-nvc-r1.11.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 1843551
+TIMESTAMP = 1712636445
+SHA256 (nickg-nvc-r1.12.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 17ca72ced37a6e211751756a0488039e6c02d4731a85fbff352c569acc917cd1
+SIZE (nickg-nvc-r1.12.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 1929184