diff --git a/multimedia/py-pysubs2/Makefile b/multimedia/py-pysubs2/Makefile
index cb672ed6cce8..65a3cadf7f88 100644
--- a/multimedia/py-pysubs2/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/py-pysubs2/Makefile
@@ -1,26 +1,25 @@
 PORTNAME=	pysubs2
-DISTVERSION=	1.7.2
+DISTVERSION=	1.8.1
 CATEGORIES=	multimedia python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Library for editing subtitle files
 WWW=		https://github.com/tkarabela/pysubs2
 
-LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
+LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
+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}
 
 BINARY_ALIAS=	python=${PYTHON_CMD} # only for tests
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/multimedia/py-pysubs2/distinfo b/multimedia/py-pysubs2/distinfo
index 3e2c8c499bab..9ffd2fb737e0 100644
--- a/multimedia/py-pysubs2/distinfo
+++ b/multimedia/py-pysubs2/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1716713202
-SHA256 (pysubs2-1.7.2.tar.gz) = b708904269cb252dbc51de75a372e04ab00c368939bb8220f7b0f940d978725e
-SIZE (pysubs2-1.7.2.tar.gz) = 1123677
+TIMESTAMP = 1774979354
+SHA256 (pysubs2-1.8.1.tar.gz) = af3a288643da87db6bb13dbde70e94c9570765cc8f6423b1c21de11f16d734da
+SIZE (pysubs2-1.8.1.tar.gz) = 1153150