diff --git a/www/py-yarl/Makefile b/www/py-yarl/Makefile
index 373c212a9952..af8e0d437c24 100644
--- a/www/py-yarl/Makefile
+++ b/www/py-yarl/Makefile
@@ -1,30 +1,31 @@
 PORTNAME=	yarl
-PORTVERSION=	1.12.0
+PORTVERSION=	1.18.0
 CATEGORIES=	www python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	amdmi3@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Yet another URL library
 WWW=		https://github.com/aio-libs/yarl
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}expandvars>=0:devel/py-expandvars@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cython3>=3.0.11:lang/cython3@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}multidict>0:www/py-multidict@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}idna>0:dns/py-idna@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-runner>0:devel/py-pytest-runner@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517 cython pytest
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517 pytest
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/yarl/_quoting_c*.so
 
 pre-test:
 	@cd ${TEST_WRKSRC}/yarl && ${LN} -fs ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/yarl/_quoting_c*.so
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/www/py-yarl/distinfo b/www/py-yarl/distinfo
index d3cbfc4afdb1..7f119c8a77eb 100644
--- a/www/py-yarl/distinfo
+++ b/www/py-yarl/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1727357471
-SHA256 (yarl-1.12.0.tar.gz) = 4c801b9a281a7078e085efbc0e87f0938cea011928c0d48bdcb7c0a58451fb8e
-SIZE (yarl-1.12.0.tar.gz) = 163193
+TIMESTAMP = 1732269192
+SHA256 (yarl-1.18.0.tar.gz) = 20d95535e7d833889982bfe7cc321b7f63bf8879788fee982c76ae2b24cfb715
+SIZE (yarl-1.18.0.tar.gz) = 180098