diff --git a/sysutils/amazon-ssm-plugin/Makefile b/sysutils/amazon-ssm-plugin/Makefile
index a7d992732a5a..0c85c8307636 100644
--- a/sysutils/amazon-ssm-plugin/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/amazon-ssm-plugin/Makefile
@@ -1,72 +1,75 @@
 PORTNAME=	amazon-ssm-plugin
-DISTVERSION=	1.2.694.0
+DISTVERSION=	1.2.707.0
 PORTREVISION=	0
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 
 MAINTAINER=	nork@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Amazon AWS Manages shell experience using SSM APIs
 WWW=		https://github.com/aws/session-manager-plugin/
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	aws:devel/py-awscli@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		go python:env
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	aws
 GH_PROJECT=	session-manager-plugin
 GH_SUBDIR=	${GH_PROJECT}
 GH_TUPLE=	aws:aws-sdk-go:v1.54.10:aws_aws_sdk_go/vendor/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go \
 		davecgh:go-spew:v1.1.1:davecgh_go_spew/vendor/github.com/davecgh/go-spew \
 		eiannone:keyboard:6d2a597fd0f1:eiannone_keyboard/vendor/github.com/eiannone/keyboard \
 		fsnotify:fsnotify:v1.4.7:fsnotify_fsnotify/vendor/github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify \
 		gorilla:websocket:e8629af678b7:gorilla_websocket/vendor/github.com/gorilla/websocket \
 		jmespath:go-jmespath:c2b33e8439af:jmespath_go_jmespath/vendor/github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath \
 		pmezard:go-difflib:v1.0.0:pmezard_go_difflib/vendor/github.com/pmezard/go-difflib \
 		stretchr:objx:v0.5.2:stretchr_objx/vendor/github.com/stretchr/objx \
 		stretchr:testify:v1.9.0:stretchr_testify/vendor/github.com/stretchr/testify \
 		twinj:uuid:70cac2bcd273:twinj_uuid/vendor/github.com/twinj/uuid \
 		xtaci:smux:09e2c01560df:xtaci_smux/vendor/github.com/xtaci/smux
 #customized#	cihub:seelog:c510775bb50d:cihub_seelog/vendor/github.com/cihub/seelog
 
 GO_TARGET=	src/sessionmanagerplugin-main/main.go:${PREFIX}/bin/session-manager-plugin \
 		src/ssmcli-main/main.go:${PREFIX}/bin/ssmcli
 GO_BUILDFLAGS=	-ldflags "-s -w"
 
 PLIST_FILES=	${ETCDIR}/sessionmanagerplugin/seelog.xml.template \
 		${ETCDIR}/SSMCLI/seelog.xml.template \
 		'@dir /var/log/amazon-ssm-plugin' \
 		bin/session-manager-plugin \
 		bin/ssmcli
 PORTDOCS=	NOTICE README.md RELEASENOTES.md THIRD-PARTY VERSION
 
 LOGDIR=		${DESTDIR}/var/log/${PORTNAME}
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
+RECOMMEND_VERSION=	1.3.0.0
+
 post-extract:
 	@${MKDIR} ${WRKDIR}/src
 	@${LN} -s ${WRKSRC} ${GO_WRKSRC}
 	${MKDIR}  ${WRKDIR}/src/vendor
 	${MV}     ${WRKSRC}/vendor/github.com           ${WRKDIR}/src/vendor/
 	${LN} -s  ${WRKSRC}/vendor/src/github.com/cihub ${WRKDIR}/src/vendor/github.com/
 	${LN} -s  ${WRKSRC}/vendor/src/golang.org       ${WRKDIR}/src/vendor/
 	${LN} -s  ${WRKSRC}/vendor/src/gopkg.in         ${WRKDIR}/src/vendor/
 	${LN} -s  ${WRKSRC}                             ${WRKDIR}/src/vendor/github.com/${GH_ACCOUNT}/${GH_PROJECT}
 
 post-patch:
-	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|%%VERSION%%|${DISTVERSION}|' ${WRKSRC}/src/version/version.go
+	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|%%VERSION%%|${RECOMMEND_VERSION}|' ${WRKSRC}/VERSION
+	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|%%VERSION%%|${RECOMMEND_VERSION}|' ${WRKSRC}/src/version/version.go
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|%%ETCDIR%%|${ETCDIR}|g; s|%%LOGDIR%%|${LOGDIR}|g' ${WRKSRC}/seelog_unix.xml
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|%%ETCDIR%%|${ETCDIR}|g; s|%%LOGDIR%%|${LOGDIR}|g' ${WRKSRC}/src/log/log_unix.go
 
 post-install:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${LOGDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/SSMCLI ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/sessionmanagerplugin
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/seelog_unix.xml ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/SSMCLI/seelog.xml.template
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/seelog_unix.xml ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/sessionmanagerplugin/seelog.xml.template
 
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	cd ${WRKSRC} && ${INSTALL_DATA} ${PORTDOCS} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/amazon-ssm-plugin/distinfo b/sysutils/amazon-ssm-plugin/distinfo
index 347d2bc0af83..cd514fe87ab7 100644
--- a/sysutils/amazon-ssm-plugin/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/amazon-ssm-plugin/distinfo
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1732179764
-SHA256 (aws-session-manager-plugin-1.2.694.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 55df529d380a74adc1fce536cbd32f6938be18d8536d683d20d657307ade9589
-SIZE (aws-session-manager-plugin-1.2.694.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 35491825
+TIMESTAMP = 1738947738
+SHA256 (aws-session-manager-plugin-1.2.707.0_GH0.tar.gz) = f7a1d1152f8b1322babdb9551e62b08efbcb334c46c2fc17a84615c176a0389b
+SIZE (aws-session-manager-plugin-1.2.707.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 35492492
 SHA256 (aws-aws-sdk-go-v1.54.10_GH0.tar.gz) = d682bdd896a59a6ad82fceae275a6c20bd1d9b193758dc1db06db97fab956dac
 SIZE (aws-aws-sdk-go-v1.54.10_GH0.tar.gz) = 33088833
 SHA256 (davecgh-go-spew-v1.1.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 7d82b9bb7291adbe7498fe946920ab3e7fc9e6cbfc3b2294693fad00bf0dd17e
 SIZE (davecgh-go-spew-v1.1.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 42152
 SHA256 (eiannone-keyboard-6d2a597fd0f1_GH0.tar.gz) = fb97638e3f16a94233a809d50f01e7a20657a44e3cec0e9a00907b0ed909051a
 SIZE (eiannone-keyboard-6d2a597fd0f1_GH0.tar.gz) = 7962
 SHA256 (fsnotify-fsnotify-v1.4.7_GH0.tar.gz) = b7530d973d0ab0e58ad8ce1b9a4b963d6f57b3d72f2f9e13d49846976361b1cd
 SIZE (fsnotify-fsnotify-v1.4.7_GH0.tar.gz) = 31139
 SHA256 (gorilla-websocket-e8629af678b7_GH0.tar.gz) = 5f0b2c4324629f591f6ef1e809eddf77a8fe831073a371a1c54d4409624c9459
 SIZE (gorilla-websocket-e8629af678b7_GH0.tar.gz) = 54302
 SHA256 (jmespath-go-jmespath-c2b33e8439af_GH0.tar.gz) = 1ccd468fe91f58cd1b144f6317f06b53bf0a5da5e03e6a399a2d03f087db1fe9
 SIZE (jmespath-go-jmespath-c2b33e8439af_GH0.tar.gz) = 48265
 SHA256 (pmezard-go-difflib-v1.0.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 28f3dc1b5c0efd61203ab07233f774740d3bf08da4d8153fb5310db6cea0ebda
 SIZE (pmezard-go-difflib-v1.0.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 11398
 SHA256 (stretchr-objx-v0.5.2_GH0.tar.gz) = c21c81a2e619fe8194c9cfafd577a72fe163df5a384d68799fbc54eef4b0e33f
 SIZE (stretchr-objx-v0.5.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 33222
 SHA256 (stretchr-testify-v1.9.0_GH0.tar.gz) = ee651d4d4427d55096007190398102383498e6b5cf97ea9e89ad6e72b4115fbb
 SIZE (stretchr-testify-v1.9.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 108663
 SHA256 (twinj-uuid-70cac2bcd273_GH0.tar.gz) = 7ff209ef2aaf78886bf468919df11e441e125ae9e209808c0e672cbc10247d6f
 SIZE (twinj-uuid-70cac2bcd273_GH0.tar.gz) = 15004
 SHA256 (xtaci-smux-09e2c01560df_GH0.tar.gz) = 40b99ebc5f2d2af9da7efe802422b267ce1162067304eb2f4fdd4247c142a5f4
 SIZE (xtaci-smux-09e2c01560df_GH0.tar.gz) = 138111
diff --git a/sysutils/amazon-ssm-plugin/files/patch-VERSION b/sysutils/amazon-ssm-plugin/files/patch-VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8039914acadf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysutils/amazon-ssm-plugin/files/patch-VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+--- VERSION.orig	2025-02-05 21:41:55 UTC
++++ VERSION
+@@ -1 +1 @@
+-1.2.0.0
+\ No newline at end of file
++1.3.0.0
+\ No newline at end of file