diff --git a/devel/py-camel-converter/Makefile b/devel/py-camel-converter/Makefile
index 232be0f236e1..3893da74d143 100644
--- a/devel/py-camel-converter/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-camel-converter/Makefile
@@ -1,26 +1,29 @@
 PORTNAME=	camel-converter
-DISTVERSION=	4.0.1
+DISTVERSION=	5.0.1
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME:S/-/_/}-${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Converts string between snake case and snake case
 WWW=		https://github.com/sanders41/camel-converter
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hatchling>0:devel/py-hatchling@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest
 
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
-# tests as of 4.0.1: 42 passed in 1.98s
+# tests as of 5.0.1:
+# Results (0.19s):
+#        130 passed
+#          2 skipped
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-camel-converter/distinfo b/devel/py-camel-converter/distinfo
index dcdaf87c8ce5..883f89ca02a9 100644
--- a/devel/py-camel-converter/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-camel-converter/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1755458260
-SHA256 (camel_converter-4.0.1.tar.gz) = 401414549ae4ac4073e38cdc4aa6d464dc534fc40aa06ff787bf0960b0c86535
-SIZE (camel_converter-4.0.1.tar.gz) = 38915
+TIMESTAMP = 1772701733
+SHA256 (camel_converter-5.0.1.tar.gz) = 3eff7c18f29d53eaed9eb02eb83383264b81c8fafa401f9ea2b132bfe5961b53
+SIZE (camel_converter-5.0.1.tar.gz) = 70629
diff --git a/devel/py-camel-converter/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/devel/py-camel-converter/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2e8d76265632
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-camel-converter/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2025-03-05 09:00:00 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ path = "camel_converter/_version.py"
+ [tool.pytest.ini_options]
+ minversion = "6.0"
+ addopts = "--cov=camel_converter --cov-report term-missing --no-cov-on-fail"
++testpaths = ["tests"]
+ 
+ [tool.mypy]
+ check_untyped_defs = true