diff --git a/math/libxlsxwriter/Makefile b/math/libxlsxwriter/Makefile
index 3b6482e1698b..47019c9f27ab 100644
--- a/math/libxlsxwriter/Makefile
+++ b/math/libxlsxwriter/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PORTNAME=	libxlsxwriter
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.1.9
+DISTVERSION=	1.2.1
 CATEGORIES=	math devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	bapt@FreeBSD.org
diff --git a/math/libxlsxwriter/distinfo b/math/libxlsxwriter/distinfo
index 6da40c70f5e2..96e4d3e27a96 100644
--- a/math/libxlsxwriter/distinfo
+++ b/math/libxlsxwriter/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1731068391
-SHA256 (jmcnamara-libxlsxwriter-v1.1.9_GH0.tar.gz) = 03ae330d50f74c8a70be0b06b52bd50868f7cd1251ed040fe3b68d1ad6fd11dc
-SIZE (jmcnamara-libxlsxwriter-v1.1.9_GH0.tar.gz) = 21840995
+TIMESTAMP = 1741521284
+SHA256 (jmcnamara-libxlsxwriter-v1.2.1_GH0.tar.gz) = f3a43fb6b4dab2d65bcbce56088f58c94a8ae7fb5746106c069d77ef87794a24
+SIZE (jmcnamara-libxlsxwriter-v1.2.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 21839118
diff --git a/math/libxlsxwriter/pkg-plist b/math/libxlsxwriter/pkg-plist
index 55e069be4b40..401603aabf9d 100644
--- a/math/libxlsxwriter/pkg-plist
+++ b/math/libxlsxwriter/pkg-plist
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ include/xlsxwriter/workbook.h
 include/xlsxwriter/worksheet.h
 include/xlsxwriter/xmlwriter.h
 lib/libxlsxwriter.so
-lib/libxlsxwriter.so.7
+lib/libxlsxwriter.so.8
 libdata/pkgconfig/xlsxwriter.pc