diff --git a/devel/reproc/Makefile b/devel/reproc/Makefile
index 8ba834c81e98..8b20071d9a30 100644
--- a/devel/reproc/Makefile
+++ b/devel/reproc/Makefile
@@ -1,27 +1,29 @@
 PORTNAME=	reproc
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	14.2.5
+DISTVERSION=	14.2.7
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	C/C++ library to simplify running external programs
 WWW=		https://github.com/DaanDeMeyer/reproc
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		cmake compiler:c++11-lang
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	DaanDeMeyer
 
 CMAKE_ON=	REPROC++ BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
 
 do-test:
 	@cd ${BUILD_WRKSRC} && \
 		${SETENV} ${CONFIGURE_ENV} ${CMAKE_BIN} ${CMAKE_ARGS} -DREPROC_TEST:BOOL=ON ${CMAKE_SOURCE_PATH} && \
 		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${MAKE_CMD} ${MAKE_ARGS} ${ALL_TARGET} && \
 		${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${MAKE_CMD} ${MAKE_ARGS} test
 
+# tests as of 14.2.7: 100% tests passed, 0 tests failed out of 10
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/reproc/distinfo b/devel/reproc/distinfo
index def07675c017..8b5b25d35ba5 100644
--- a/devel/reproc/distinfo
+++ b/devel/reproc/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1711513138
-SHA256 (DaanDeMeyer-reproc-v14.2.5_GH0.tar.gz) = 69467be0cfc80734b821c54ada263c8f1439f964314063f76b7cf256c3dc7ee8
-SIZE (DaanDeMeyer-reproc-v14.2.5_GH0.tar.gz) = 65290
+TIMESTAMP = 1776319619
+SHA256 (DaanDeMeyer-reproc-v14.2.7_GH0.tar.gz) = 77914ba566356d86986db240ecdb1762dfdd55bb1e8e127d016d9c5c4c9300e8
+SIZE (DaanDeMeyer-reproc-v14.2.7_GH0.tar.gz) = 65440
diff --git a/devel/reproc/files/patch-reproc_src_process.posix.c b/devel/reproc/files/patch-reproc_src_process.posix.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..abeae8184197
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/reproc/files/patch-reproc_src_process.posix.c
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+-- patch to fix tests and maybe run-time failures
+
+--- reproc/src/process.posix.c	2026-04-15 03:47:51.000000000 -0700
++++ reproc/src/process.posix.c	2026-04-15 23:44:29.815332000 -0700
+@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+ #define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 200809L
++#include <pthread.h>
++
+ 
+ #include "process.h"
+ 
+@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@
+   return cwd;
+ }
+ 
+-static const int MAX_FD_LIMIT = 1024 * 1024;
++static const int MAX_FD_LIMIT = 1024 * 1024 * 2;
+ 
+ static int get_max_fd(void)
+ {