diff --git a/dns/nsd/Makefile b/dns/nsd/Makefile
index 5e467c737b88..5ba04a8fb1c0 100644
--- a/dns/nsd/Makefile
+++ b/dns/nsd/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	nsd
-DISTVERSION=	4.11.1
+DISTVERSION=	4.12.0
 CATEGORIES=	dns
 MASTER_SITES=	https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/nsd/
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libevent.so:devel/libevent
 
-USES=		cpe ssl
+USES=		cpe ssl pkgconfig
 
 CPE_VENDOR=	nlnetlabs
 USE_RC_SUBR=	nsd
diff --git a/dns/nsd/distinfo b/dns/nsd/distinfo
index 6eb13292af72..d7c4b61d97f1 100644
--- a/dns/nsd/distinfo
+++ b/dns/nsd/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1737284332
-SHA256 (nsd-4.11.1.tar.gz) = 696e50052008de4fa7ab1d818d5b77eb63247eea2f0575114c9592ff9188a614
-SIZE (nsd-4.11.1.tar.gz) = 1527949
+TIMESTAMP = 1745556976
+SHA256 (nsd-4.12.0.tar.gz) = f9ecc2cf79ba50580f2df62918efc440084c5bf11057db44c19aa9643cd4b5e8
+SIZE (nsd-4.12.0.tar.gz) = 1531601