diff --git databases/pgbouncer/Makefile databases/pgbouncer/Makefile
index b5b65c3777d1..e021ebf543c6 100644
--- databases/pgbouncer/Makefile
+++ databases/pgbouncer/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	pgbouncer
-PORTVERSION=	1.9.0
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	1.12.0
 CATEGORIES=	databases
 MASTER_SITES=	https://pgbouncer.github.io/downloads/files/${PORTVERSION}/ \
 		http://pgbouncer.github.io/downloads/files/${PORTVERSION}/
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libevent.so:devel/libevent
 BUILD_DEPENDS+=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/gsed:textproc/gsed
 
-USES=		gmake ssl
+USES=		gmake ssl pkgconfig
 
 PORTSCOUT=	site:https://pgbouncer.github.io/downloads/
 
diff --git databases/pgbouncer/distinfo databases/pgbouncer/distinfo
index a5371743d161..21664124078c 100644
--- databases/pgbouncer/distinfo
+++ databases/pgbouncer/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1550794333
-SHA256 (pgbouncer-1.9.0.tar.gz) = 39eca9613398636327e79cbcbd5b41115035bca9ca1bd3725539646468825f04
-SIZE (pgbouncer-1.9.0.tar.gz) = 469300
+TIMESTAMP = 1571410649
+SHA256 (pgbouncer-1.12.0.tar.gz) = 1b3c6564376cafa0da98df3520f0e932bb2aebaf9a95ca5b9fa461e9eb7b273e
+SIZE (pgbouncer-1.12.0.tar.gz) = 567465