diff --git a/multimedia/libvpx/Makefile b/multimedia/libvpx/Makefile
index 596dfec2916f..6c3470a2f5f0 100644
--- a/multimedia/libvpx/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/libvpx/Makefile
@@ -1,53 +1,53 @@
 PORTNAME=	libvpx
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.16.0
+DISTVERSION=	1.17.0
 CATEGORIES=	multimedia
 
 MAINTAINER=	jbeich@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	VP8/VP9 reference encoder/decoder
 WWW=		https://www.webmproject.org/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${BUILD_DEPENDS_${ARCH}}
 BUILD_DEPENDS_amd64=	nasm:devel/nasm
 BUILD_DEPENDS_armv6=	as:devel/binutils
 BUILD_DEPENDS_armv7=	as:devel/binutils
 BUILD_DEPENDS_i386=	nasm:devel/nasm
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	webmproject
 
 USES=		compiler:c++11-lib cpe gmake perl5 shebangfix
 CPE_VENDOR=	webmproject
 HAS_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USE_PERL5=	build
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 SHEBANG_FILES=	build/make/ads2gas.pl
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--prefix=${PREFIX} \
 		--disable-install-docs \
 		--disable-install-srcs \
 		--disable-unit-tests \
 		--enable-multi-res-encoding \
 		--enable-pic \
 		--enable-shared \
 		--enable-vp9-highbitdepth \
 		--enable-vp9-postproc \
 		--enable-vp9-temporal-denoising \
 		--size-limit=16384x16384
 MAKE_ARGS+=	verbose=yes
 ALL_TARGET=	# empty
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -E '/gcctarget|link_with_cc/s/gcc[[:>:]]/$${CC}/' \
 		${WRKSRC}/build/make/configure.sh
 # Extract (snapshot) version from the port instead of CHANGELOG
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} '/^git_version_id/s/""/"${DISTVERSIONFULL}"/' \
 		${WRKSRC}/build/make/version.sh
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/vpx*
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/libvpx.so.*.*.*
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/multimedia/libvpx/distinfo b/multimedia/libvpx/distinfo
index 1cbe41271a59..04a0a4e8b29e 100644
--- a/multimedia/libvpx/distinfo
+++ b/multimedia/libvpx/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1767888100
-SHA256 (webmproject-libvpx-v1.16.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 7a479a3c66b9f5d5542a4c6a1b7d3768a983b1e5c14c60a9396edc9b649e015c
-SIZE (webmproject-libvpx-v1.16.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 5635379
+TIMESTAMP = 1787252795
+SHA256 (webmproject-libvpx-v1.17.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 1020f184046187baa2985dbde38e0691f49c44088bca7a1842b0236c6081dc0a
+SIZE (webmproject-libvpx-v1.17.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 5670546
diff --git a/multimedia/libvpx/files/patch-configure b/multimedia/libvpx/files/patch-configure
index 6fb4bb43e7bd..8ee2901a4634 100644
--- a/multimedia/libvpx/files/patch-configure
+++ b/multimedia/libvpx/files/patch-configure
@@ -1,41 +1,41 @@
 - Add missing targets when toolchain != generic-gnu
 - --version is a GNUism which BSD diff doesn't support
 - Skip bogus NEON check when soft-enabled on armv6
 
---- configure.orig	2024-01-09 21:12:22 UTC
+--- configure.orig	2026-08-20 19:06:35 UTC
 +++ configure
-@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ all_platforms="${all_platforms} arm64-win64-vs17-clang
- all_platforms="${all_platforms} arm64-win64-vs16-clangcl"
- all_platforms="${all_platforms} arm64-win64-vs17"
+@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ all_platforms="${all_platforms} arm64-win64-vs18-clang
  all_platforms="${all_platforms} arm64-win64-vs17-clangcl"
+ all_platforms="${all_platforms} arm64-win64-vs18"
+ all_platforms="${all_platforms} arm64-win64-vs18-clangcl"
 +all_platforms="${all_platforms} armv6-linux-gcc"
  all_platforms="${all_platforms} armv7-android-gcc"   #neon Cortex-A8
  all_platforms="${all_platforms} armv7-darwin-gcc"    #neon Cortex-A8
  all_platforms="${all_platforms} armv7-linux-rvct"    #neon Cortex-A8
-@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ all_platforms="${all_platforms} ppc64le-linux-gcc"
+@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ all_platforms="${all_platforms} ppc64le-linux-gcc"
  all_platforms="${all_platforms} mips32-linux-gcc"
  all_platforms="${all_platforms} mips64-linux-gcc"
  all_platforms="${all_platforms} ppc64le-linux-gcc"
 +all_platforms="${all_platforms} sparc-linux-gcc"
  all_platforms="${all_platforms} sparc-solaris-gcc"
  all_platforms="${all_platforms} x86-android-gcc"
  all_platforms="${all_platforms} x86-darwin8-gcc"
-@@ -187,7 +189,7 @@ done
+@@ -195,7 +197,7 @@ done
      [ -f "${source_path}/${t}.mk" ] && enable_feature ${t}
  done
  
 -if ! diff --version >/dev/null; then
 +if ! hash diff 2>/dev/null; then
    die "diff missing: Try installing diffutils via your package manager."
  fi
  
-@@ -633,9 +635,6 @@ EOF
+@@ -644,9 +646,6 @@ EOF
  
      check_header vpx/vpx_integer.h -I${source_path} && enable_feature vpx_ports
  
 -    if enabled neon && ! enabled external_build; then
 -      check_header arm_neon.h || die "Unable to find arm_neon.h"
 -    fi
  }
  
  process_toolchain() {
diff --git a/multimedia/libvpx/pkg-plist b/multimedia/libvpx/pkg-plist
index 095d797a388d..979a9c4c7695 100644
--- a/multimedia/libvpx/pkg-plist
+++ b/multimedia/libvpx/pkg-plist
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 bin/vpxdec
 bin/vpxenc
 include/vpx/vp8.h
 include/vpx/vp8cx.h
 include/vpx/vp8dx.h
 include/vpx/vpx_codec.h
 include/vpx/vpx_decoder.h
 include/vpx/vpx_encoder.h
 include/vpx/vpx_ext_ratectrl.h
 include/vpx/vpx_frame_buffer.h
 include/vpx/vpx_image.h
 include/vpx/vpx_integer.h
 include/vpx/vpx_tpl.h
 lib/libvpx.a
 lib/libvpx.so
 lib/libvpx.so.12
-lib/libvpx.so.12.0
-lib/libvpx.so.12.0.0
+lib/libvpx.so.12.1
+lib/libvpx.so.12.1.0
 libdata/pkgconfig/vpx.pc