diff --git a/www/py-djangorestframework/Makefile b/www/py-djangorestframework/Makefile
index 5e57a0a614a6..f44d2d90efd8 100644
--- a/www/py-djangorestframework/Makefile
+++ b/www/py-djangorestframework/Makefile
@@ -1,27 +1,26 @@
 PORTNAME=	djangorestframework
-DISTVERSION=	3.16.1
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	3.17.1
 PORTEPOCH=	1
 CATEGORIES=	www python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	kai@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Django REST framework
 WWW=		https://www.django-rest-framework.org/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.md
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}django52>=4.2:www/py-django52@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
 
 CONFLICTS_INSTALL=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}*${PORTNAME}
 
 NO_ARCH=		yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/www/py-djangorestframework/distinfo b/www/py-djangorestframework/distinfo
index d9123228b38d..cdfe716d8d4c 100644
--- a/www/py-djangorestframework/distinfo
+++ b/www/py-djangorestframework/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1755333901
-SHA256 (djangorestframework-3.16.1.tar.gz) = 166809528b1aced0a17dc66c24492af18049f2c9420dbd0be29422029cfc3ff7
-SIZE (djangorestframework-3.16.1.tar.gz) = 1089735
+TIMESTAMP = 1782293665
+SHA256 (djangorestframework-3.17.1.tar.gz) = a6def5f447fe78ff853bff1d47a3c59bf38f5434b031780b351b0c73a62db1a5
+SIZE (djangorestframework-3.17.1.tar.gz) = 905742
diff --git a/www/py-djangorestframework/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/www/py-djangorestframework/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b90470ba19b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/py-djangorestframework/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Enable build for older py-setuptools.
+
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-03-24 16:57:37 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+ [build-system]
+ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+-requires = [ "setuptools>=77.0.3" ]
++requires = [ "setuptools" ]
+ 
+ [project]
+ name = "djangorestframework"
+ description = "Web APIs for Django, made easy."
+ readme = "README.md"
+-license = "BSD-3-Clause"
+-license-files = [ "LICENSE.md" ]
++license = { text="BSD-3-Clause" }
+ authors = [ { name = "Tom Christie", email = "tom@tomchristie.com" } ]
+ requires-python = ">=3.10"
+ classifiers = [