diff --git a/lang/algol68g/Makefile b/lang/algol68g/Makefile
index eed2fab2f37e..992cc82b5b72 100644
--- a/lang/algol68g/Makefile
+++ b/lang/algol68g/Makefile
@@ -1,47 +1,47 @@
 PORTNAME=	algol68g
-PORTVERSION=	3.5.10
+PORTVERSION=	3.5.12
 CATEGORIES=	lang
 MASTER_SITES=	https://jmvdveer.home.xs4all.nl/ LOCAL/danfe
 
 MAINTAINER=	danfe@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	Algol 68 Genie compiler
+COMMENT=	Algol 68 Genie hybrid compiler-interpreter
 WWW=		https://www.xs4all.nl/~jmvdveer/algol.html
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3+
 
 USES=		readline
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 TEST_TARGET=	check
 
 PORTDOCS=	AUTHORS NEWS README
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	CURL DOCS GSL PGSQL PLOTUTILS RMATH
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	CURL GSL PGSQL PLOTUTILS RMATH
 
 CURL_LIB_DEPENDS=	libcurl.so:ftp/curl
 CURL_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	curl
 
 GSL_DESC=		Bindings for GNU Scientific Library
 GSL_LIB_DEPENDS=	libgsl.so:math/gsl
 GSL_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	gsl
 
 PLOTUTILS_DESC=		Plotting support via plotutils
 PLOTUTILS_LIB_DEPENDS=	libplot.so:graphics/plotutils
 PLOTUTILS_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=plotutils
 
 PGSQL_USES=		pgsql
 PGSQL_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	postgresql
 
 RMATH_DESC=		Bindings for GNU R's statistical routines
 RMATH_LIB_DEPENDS=	libRmath.so:math/libRmath
 RMATH_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	mathlib
 
 post-patch:
 # Trim architecture constraints from the target triple to build properly
 # on every platform FreeBSD supports (now or in the future)
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's/.*\(\*-freebsd\)/\1/' ${WRKSRC}/configure
 # Do not install GPLv3 boilerplate and ChangeLog which redirects to NEWS
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/^doc_DATA/s/ COPYING ChangeLog//' \
 		${WRKSRC}/Makefile.in
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/lang/algol68g/distinfo b/lang/algol68g/distinfo
index 70b809fb8e02..3be7cb50535f 100644
--- a/lang/algol68g/distinfo
+++ b/lang/algol68g/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1733000905
-SHA256 (algol68g-3.5.10.tar.gz) = f4d1c8a99afcfc5414134aad5999c1505619449dbccd3d7702269b36264cfa1c
-SIZE (algol68g-3.5.10.tar.gz) = 662366
+TIMESTAMP = 1736695612
+SHA256 (algol68g-3.5.12.tar.gz) = 720ab4411d589180a85ba1d4c63c90b5a77e9be1b345e27c25ceb743d88cd71f
+SIZE (algol68g-3.5.12.tar.gz) = 662372
diff --git a/lang/algol68g/pkg-descr b/lang/algol68g/pkg-descr
index 0679719ed1c3..e673a1401471 100644
--- a/lang/algol68g/pkg-descr
+++ b/lang/algol68g/pkg-descr
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 The development of Algol played an important role in establishing
-computer science as an academic discipline. The Algol 68 Genie project
+computer science as an academic discipline.  The Algol 68 Genie project
 preserves Algol 68 out of educational as well as scientific-historical
-interest, by making available Algol 68 Genie; a recent, well-featured
-implementation written from scratch.
+interest, by making a modern, well-featured hybrid compiler-interpreter
+written from scratch, which ranks among the most complete Algol 68
+implementations.  It features arbitrary precision arithmetic, complex
+numbers, parallel processing, partial parameterization, and formatted
+transput, as well as support for curses, regular expressions, and sound.