diff --git a/multimedia/py-torchcodec/Makefile b/multimedia/py-torchcodec/Makefile
index 224364f2c4b6..9983eb002612 100644
--- a/multimedia/py-torchcodec/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/py-torchcodec/Makefile
@@ -1,38 +1,39 @@
 PORTNAME=	torchcodec
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	0.12.0
+DISTVERSION=	0.13.0
 CATEGORIES=	multimedia python
 #MASTER_SITES=	PYPI # no tarball
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	PyTorch media decoding and encoding
 WWW=		https://github.com/pytorch/torchcodec
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytorch>0:misc/py-pytorch@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytorch>0:misc/py-pytorch@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		pybind11>0:devel/pybind11
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libabsl_base.so:devel/abseil \
 		libavformat.so:multimedia/ffmpeg \
  		libprotobuf.so:devel/protobuf
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytorch>0:misc/py-pytorch@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}torchvision>0:misc/py-torchvision@${PY_FLAVOR}
-TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.16:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR}
+TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.16:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pillow>=0:graphics/py-pillow@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		cmake:indirect compiler:c++17-lang python
 USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	meta-pytorch
 
 #MAKE_ENV=	BUILD_AGAINST_ALL_FFMPEG_FROM_S3=1 # downloads binaries with this choice, see https://github.com/meta-pytorch/torchcodec/issues/1194
 MAKE_ENV=	I_CONFIRM_THIS_IS_NOT_A_LICENSE_VIOLATION=1
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 
-# tests as of 0.12.0: 290 failed, 1005 passed, 575 skipped, 3 warnings in 474.03s (0:07:54)
+# tests as of 0.13.0: 293 failed, 1527 passed, 745 skipped in 515.40s (0:08:35)
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/multimedia/py-torchcodec/distinfo b/multimedia/py-torchcodec/distinfo
index 0a05962e675e..3f75828b1b49 100644
--- a/multimedia/py-torchcodec/distinfo
+++ b/multimedia/py-torchcodec/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1778963179
-SHA256 (meta-pytorch-torchcodec-v0.12.0_GH0.tar.gz) = f0cc21c1f99439cff30eb43080e9bc8e43c6b9505b4f327cb42ee132075bcec4
-SIZE (meta-pytorch-torchcodec-v0.12.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 14265182
+TIMESTAMP = 1780432436
+SHA256 (meta-pytorch-torchcodec-v0.13.0_GH0.tar.gz) = acc955dbd7b80dcb6268fd3ff728477af0ba7fd79b4251c1ef685fdd5e2229e4
+SIZE (meta-pytorch-torchcodec-v0.13.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 14295989
diff --git a/multimedia/py-torchcodec/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/multimedia/py-torchcodec/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4020df9ab5d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/multimedia/py-torchcodec/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+-- Remove invalid license-files property from pyproject.toml.
+-- The license-files property is not supported by the version of setuptools available on FreeBSD, causing a build failure. It is a relatively new PEP 639 feature.
+
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-06-02 20:36:38 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ requires-python = ">=3.10"
+ description = "A video decoder for PyTorch"
+ readme = "README.md"
+ requires-python = ">=3.10"
+-license-files = ["LICENSE"]
+ authors = [
+     { name = "PyTorch Team", email = "packages@pytorch.org" },
+ ]