diff --git a/sysutils/zot/Makefile b/sysutils/zot/Makefile
index 23f0630b07c4..9462d98c2025 100644
--- a/sysutils/zot/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/zot/Makefile
@@ -1,47 +1,47 @@
 PORTNAME=	zot
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=v
-DISTVERSION=	2.1.11
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	2.1.13
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/project-zot/zui/releases/download/commit-${ZUI_VERSION}/:ui
 DISTFILES=	zui.tgz:ui
 
 MAINTAINER=	decke@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Production ready and vendor neutral OCI image registry
 WWW=		https://zotregistry.dev/
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BROKEN_i386=	modernc.org/libc does not compile on i386
 
-USES=		go:modules
+USES=		go:1.25+,modules
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	project-zot
 
-ZUI_VERSION=	f870292
+ZUI_VERSION=	7dfa6bf
 
 GO_MODULE=	zotproject.dev/zot
 GO_MOD_DIST=	https://raw.githubusercontent.com/project-zot/zot/refs/tags/v${DISTVERSION}/
 GO_TARGET=	./cmd/zot
+GO_ENV+=	GOEXPERIMENT=jsonv2
 GO_BUILDFLAGS=	-ldflags " \
 		-X zotregistry.dev/zot/pkg/api/config.ReleaseTag=${DISTVERSION} \
 		-X zotregistry.dev/zot/pkg/api/config.BinaryType=full \
 		-X zotregistry.dev/zot/pkg/api/config.GoVersion=${GO_VERSION}" \
 		-tags sync,search,scrub,metrics,lint,ui,mgmt,profile,userprefs,imagetrust,events,search,mgmt,userprefs
 
 USE_RC_SUBR=	zot
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/zot \
 		etc/zot/config-minimal.json.sample \
 		etc/zot/config-ui.json.sample
 
 post-extract:
 	${TAR} -xf ${DISTDIR}/${DIST_SUBDIR}/zui.tgz -C ${WRKSRC}/pkg/extensions
 
 post-install:
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${PATCHDIR}/config-minimal.json ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/config-minimal.json.sample
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${PATCHDIR}/config-ui.json ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/config-ui.json.sample
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/zot/distinfo b/sysutils/zot/distinfo
index 8396c2e77021..6edeccde228e 100644
--- a/sysutils/zot/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/zot/distinfo
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1763729726
-SHA256 (go/sysutils_zot/project-zot-zot-v2.1.11_GH0/zui.tgz) = f42ff03b9f71cd6d1cc05581013b3c09b9e16d20685c06815b73bdea52c34826
-SIZE (go/sysutils_zot/project-zot-zot-v2.1.11_GH0/zui.tgz) = 1090899
-SHA256 (go/sysutils_zot/project-zot-zot-v2.1.11_GH0/go.mod) = c38f2281b6183b3e5df076b48cdec1c99167579a42818fc9c773706ac1c7e7a0
-SIZE (go/sysutils_zot/project-zot-zot-v2.1.11_GH0/go.mod) = 31562
-SHA256 (go/sysutils_zot/project-zot-zot-v2.1.11_GH0/project-zot-zot-v2.1.11_GH0.tar.gz) = 0ac69f3edaaca919f097d6b44e49c5c2c586167b2a4798ad9b00f84902345c2c
-SIZE (go/sysutils_zot/project-zot-zot-v2.1.11_GH0/project-zot-zot-v2.1.11_GH0.tar.gz) = 1295125
+TIMESTAMP = 1766839424
+SHA256 (go/sysutils_zot/project-zot-zot-v2.1.13_GH0/zui.tgz) = ef768ab14af940d6bdef40464308f6e540f90c65ed11fa783d091ff550de3a10
+SIZE (go/sysutils_zot/project-zot-zot-v2.1.13_GH0/zui.tgz) = 1090910
+SHA256 (go/sysutils_zot/project-zot-zot-v2.1.13_GH0/go.mod) = b79d7f23e77de2732cbcaf6030b113ac84f80f5189300053bd36d921a4ba3248
+SIZE (go/sysutils_zot/project-zot-zot-v2.1.13_GH0/go.mod) = 32089
+SHA256 (go/sysutils_zot/project-zot-zot-v2.1.13_GH0/project-zot-zot-v2.1.13_GH0.tar.gz) = f8989920702de64233f1699a48ff20cd07cb99afa15016f7348fabe650aacd61
+SIZE (go/sysutils_zot/project-zot-zot-v2.1.13_GH0/project-zot-zot-v2.1.13_GH0.tar.gz) = 1331249