diff --git a/devel/meson-python/Makefile b/devel/meson-python/Makefile
--- a/devel/meson-python/Makefile
+++ b/devel/meson-python/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	meson-python
-DISTVERSION=	0.16.0
+DISTVERSION=	0.18.0
 PORTEPOCH=	1
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
@@ -14,12 +14,13 @@
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	meson:devel/meson@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>=0.19.0:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyproject-metadata>=0.7.1:devel/py-pyproject-metadata@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>=23.2:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyproject-metadata>=0.9.0:devel/py-pyproject-metadata@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PY_TOMLI}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	meson:devel/meson@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>=0.19.0:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyproject-metadata>=0.7.1:devel/py-pyproject-metadata@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		patchelf>0:sysutils/patchelf \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>=23.2:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyproject-metadata>=0.9.0:devel/py-pyproject-metadata@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PY_TOMLI}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}build>0:devel/py-build@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-cov>0:devel/py-pytest-cov@${PY_FLAVOR} \
@@ -28,7 +29,10 @@
 		git:devel/git
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist cython_test concurrent pep517 pytest
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent cython3_test pep517 pytest
+
+# tarball has UTF-8 filenames
+EXTRACT_CMD=	env LANG=C.UTF-8 LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 ${TAR}
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
diff --git a/devel/meson-python/distinfo b/devel/meson-python/distinfo
--- a/devel/meson-python/distinfo
+++ b/devel/meson-python/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1717170010
-SHA256 (meson_python-0.16.0.tar.gz) = 9068c17e36c89d6c7ff709fffb2a8a9925e8cd0b02629728e5ceaf2ec505cb5f
-SIZE (meson_python-0.16.0.tar.gz) = 82012
+TIMESTAMP = 1760543175
+SHA256 (meson_python-0.18.0.tar.gz) = c56a99ec9df669a40662fe46960321af6e4b14106c14db228709c1628e23848d
+SIZE (meson_python-0.18.0.tar.gz) = 95630