diff --git a/databases/py-berkeleydb/Makefile b/databases/py-berkeleydb/Makefile
index 26e974ab7b22..896b2190f4ea 100644
--- a/databases/py-berkeleydb/Makefile
+++ b/databases/py-berkeleydb/Makefile
@@ -1,49 +1,49 @@
 PORTNAME=	berkeleydb
-DISTVERSION=	18.1.14
+DISTVERSION=	18.1.15
 CATEGORIES=	databases python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	bofh@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Python bindings for Oracle Berkeley DB
 WWW=		https://www.jcea.es/programacion/pybsddb.htm
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 USES=		bdb python
 USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
 
 PYDISTUTILS_CONFIGUREARGS=--libs="-l${BDB_LIB_NAME}" --berkeley-db=${LOCALBASE}
 PYDISTUTILS_BUILDARGS=	--libs="-l${BDB_LIB_NAME}" --berkeley-db=${LOCALBASE}
 PYDISTUTILS_INSTALLARGS=-c -O1 --prefix=${PREFIX} --berkeley-db=${LOCALBASE}
 
 PORTDOCS=	*
 DOCSDIR=	${PREFIX}/share/doc/${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}${PORTNAME}
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 .if ${BDB_VER} > 5
 MAKE_ENV=	YES_I_HAVE_THE_RIGHT_TO_USE_THIS_BERKELEY_DB_VERSION=yes
 .endif
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} 's|%%DBVERSION%%|${BDB_LIB_NAME}| ; \
 		s|%%BDB_INCLUDE_DIR%%|${BDB_INCLUDE_DIR}| ; \
 		s|%%BDB_LIB_NAME%%|${BDB_LIB_NAME}|' \
 		${WRKSRC}/setup3.py
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} 's|<db\.h>|<${BDB_INCLUDE_DIR}/db.h>|' ${WRKSRC}/src/Module/berkeleydb.h
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/${PORTNAME}/_${PORTNAME}*.so
 
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	@(cd ${WRKSRC}/docs && ${COPYTREE_SHARE} \* ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR})
 
 do-test:
 	@(cd ${WRKSRC} && ${SETENV} ${TEST_ENV} ${PYTHON_CMD} ./test.py
 
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/databases/py-berkeleydb/distinfo b/databases/py-berkeleydb/distinfo
index 06b87e1ad6f1..5611e5960460 100644
--- a/databases/py-berkeleydb/distinfo
+++ b/databases/py-berkeleydb/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1742808980
-SHA256 (berkeleydb-18.1.14.tar.gz) = 8c260282f57ebd5b9c3ce53da0eb75be5957addb303e3190935b716448f32f7d
-SIZE (berkeleydb-18.1.14.tar.gz) = 320796
+TIMESTAMP = 1760456031
+SHA256 (berkeleydb-18.1.15.tar.gz) = 7afa53143d754c6bb2c85656c1325ebae518adcfcd1b59e13cc2abb88ddf758e
+SIZE (berkeleydb-18.1.15.tar.gz) = 188446
diff --git a/databases/py-berkeleydb/files/patch-setup3.py b/databases/py-berkeleydb/files/patch-setup3.py
index bececbbdb5fa..8f3d0f7ce118 100644
--- a/databases/py-berkeleydb/files/patch-setup3.py
+++ b/databases/py-berkeleydb/files/patch-setup3.py
@@ -1,31 +1,40 @@
---- setup3.py.orig	2024-10-31 03:59:08 UTC
+--- setup3.py.orig	2025-10-12 02:12:47 UTC
 +++ setup3.py
-@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ os.environ['SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS'] = 'local'
- # See https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/deprecated/\
- #                                      distutils-legacy.html
- os.environ['SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS'] = 'local'
+@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import platform
+ import platform
+ 
+ 
 -from setuptools import setup, Extension
 +from distutils.core import setup, Extension
  import distutils.ccompiler
  
  # read the module version number out of the .c file
-@@ -260,8 +260,8 @@ if os.name == 'posix':
+@@ -282,8 +282,8 @@ if os.name == 'posix':
          incdir = os.path.join(BERKELEYDB_DIR, 'include')
      if not libdir:
          libdir = os.path.join(BERKELEYDB_DIR, 'lib')
 -    if '-ldb' not in LIBS:
 -        libname = [dblib]
 +    if not '-l%%BDB_LIB_NAME%%' in LIBS:
 +        libname = ['%%BDB_LIB_NAME%%']
      else:
          if debug:
              print("LIBS already contains '-ldb' not adding our own", "'-l"+dblib+"'")
-@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ if os.name == 'posix':
+@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ if os.name == 'posix':
+ 
+     # read db.h to figure out what version of Oracle Berkeley DB this is
+     ver = None
+-    with open(os.path.join(incdir, 'db.h'), 'r') as f :
++    with open('%%BDB_INCLUDE_DIR%%/db.h', 'r') as f :
+         db_h_lines = f.readlines()
+     db_ver_re = re.compile(
+         r'^#define\s+DB_VERSION_STRING\s.*Berkeley DB (\d+\.\d+).*')
+@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ elif os.name == 'nt':
  
      # read db.h to figure out what version of Oracle Berkeley DB this is
      ver = None
 -    with open(os.path.join(incdir, 'db.h'), 'r') as f :
 +    with open('%%BDB_INCLUDE_DIR%%/db.h', 'r') as f :
          db_h_lines = f.readlines()
      db_ver_re = re.compile(
          r'^#define\s+DB_VERSION_STRING\s.*Berkeley DB (\d+\.\d+).*')