diff --git a/modules/dnn/misc/python/test/test_dnn.py b/modules/dnn/misc/python/test/test_dnn.py
index b4aa46750b..006ec1aa0a 100755
--- a/modules/dnn/misc/python/test/test_dnn.py
+++ b/modules/dnn/misc/python/test/test_dnn.py
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ class dnn_test(NewOpenCVTests):
 
 
     def test_face_detection(self):
-        model = self.find_dnn_file('dnn/onnx/models/yunet-202303.onnx', required=False)
+        model = self.find_dnn_file('dnn/onnx/models/yunet-202605.onnx', required=False)
         img = self.get_sample('gpu/lbpcascade/er.png')
 
         ref = [[1, 339.62445, 35.32416, 30.754604, 40.202126, 0.9302596],
diff --git a/modules/dnn/perf/perf_net.cpp b/modules/dnn/perf/perf_net.cpp
index d3b1a330de..a21f71a9dc 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/perf/perf_net.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/perf/perf_net.cpp
@@ -332,8 +332,16 @@ PERF_TEST_P_(DNNTestNetwork, EfficientNet)
     processNet("dnn/efficientnet-lite4.onnx", "", inp);
 }
 
-PERF_TEST_P_(DNNTestNetwork, YuNet) {
-    processNet("dnn/onnx/models/yunet-202303.onnx", "", cv::Size(640, 640));
+PERF_TEST_P_(DNNTestNetwork, YuNet_320) {
+    processNet("dnn/onnx/models/yunet-202605.onnx", "", cv::Size(320, 320));
+}
+
+PERF_TEST_P_(DNNTestNetwork, YuNet_640) {
+    processNet("dnn/onnx/models/yunet-202605.onnx", "", cv::Size(640, 640));
+}
+
+PERF_TEST_P_(DNNTestNetwork, YuNet_1280) {
+    processNet("dnn/onnx/models/yunet-202605.onnx", "", cv::Size(1280, 736));
 }
 
 PERF_TEST_P_(DNNTestNetwork, SFace) {
diff --git a/modules/dnn/test/test_backends.cpp b/modules/dnn/test/test_backends.cpp
index f1171534f9..31df338ec6 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/test/test_backends.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/test/test_backends.cpp
@@ -394,10 +394,13 @@ TEST_P(DNNTestNetwork, OpenPose_pose_mpi_faster_4_stages)
 
 TEST_P(DNNTestNetwork, YuNet)
 {
-    Mat img = imread(findDataFile("gpu/lbpcascade/er.png"));
-    resize(img, img, Size(320, 320));
-    Mat inp = blobFromImage(img);
-    processNet("dnn/onnx/models/yunet-202303.onnx", "", inp);
+    double l1 = 0.0, lInf = 0.0;
+    if (target == DNN_TARGET_CUDA_FP16 || target == DNN_TARGET_OPENCL_FP16 || target == DNN_TARGET_CPU_FP16)
+    {
+        l1 = 0.01;
+        lInf = 0.05;
+    }
+    processNet("dnn/onnx/models/yunet-202605.onnx", "", Size(320, 320), "", l1, lInf);
     expectNoFallbacksFromIE(net);
 }
 
diff --git a/samples/dnn/face_detect.cpp b/samples/dnn/face_detect.cpp
index b8c3b622e6..ab0070b476 100644
--- a/samples/dnn/face_detect.cpp
+++ b/samples/dnn/face_detect.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
         "{image2 i2         |            | Path to the input image2. When image1 and image2 parameters given then the program try to find a face on both images and runs face recognition algorithm}"
         "{video v           | 0          | Path to the input video}"
         "{scale sc          | 1.0        | Scale factor used to resize input video frames}"
-        "{fd_model fd       | face_detection_yunet_2023mar.onnx| Path to the model. Download yunet.onnx in https://github.com/opencv/opencv_zoo/tree/master/models/face_detection_yunet}"
+        "{fd_model fd       | face_detection_yunet_2026may.onnx| Path to the model. Download yunet.onnx in https://github.com/opencv/opencv_zoo/tree/master/models/face_detection_yunet}"
         "{fr_model fr       | face_recognition_sface_2021dec.onnx | Path to the face recognition model. Download the model at https://github.com/opencv/opencv_zoo/tree/master/models/face_recognition_sface}"
         "{score_threshold   | 0.85       | Filter out faces of score < score_threshold}"
         "{nms_threshold     | 0.3        | Suppress bounding boxes of iou >= nms_threshold}"
diff --git a/samples/dnn/face_detect.py b/samples/dnn/face_detect.py
index 95012fdbba..3d78d3d5b3 100644
--- a/samples/dnn/face_detect.py
+++ b/samples/dnn/face_detect.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ parser.add_argument('--image1', '-i1', type=str, help='Path to the input image1.
 parser.add_argument('--image2', '-i2', type=str, help='Path to the input image2. When image1 and image2 parameters given then the program try to find a face on both images and runs face recognition algorithm.')
 parser.add_argument('--video', '-v', type=str, help='Path to the input video.')
 parser.add_argument('--scale', '-sc', type=float, default=1.0, help='Scale factor used to resize input video frames.')
-parser.add_argument('--face_detection_model', '-fd', type=str, default='face_detection_yunet_2023mar.onnx', help='Path to the face detection model. Download the model at https://github.com/opencv/opencv_zoo/tree/master/models/face_detection_yunet')
+parser.add_argument('--face_detection_model', '-fd', type=str, default='face_detection_yunet_2026may.onnx', help='Path to the face detection model. Download the model at https://github.com/opencv/opencv_zoo/tree/master/models/face_detection_yunet')
 parser.add_argument('--face_recognition_model', '-fr', type=str, default='face_recognition_sface_2021dec.onnx', help='Path to the face recognition model. Download the model at https://github.com/opencv/opencv_zoo/tree/master/models/face_recognition_sface')
 parser.add_argument('--score_threshold', type=float, default=0.85, help='Filtering out faces of score < score_threshold.')
 parser.add_argument('--nms_threshold', type=float, default=0.3, help='Suppress bounding boxes of iou >= nms_threshold.')