diff --git a/converters/py-svglib/Makefile b/converters/py-svglib/Makefile
index 2dc75470ed1e..c188051f73c6 100644
--- a/converters/py-svglib/Makefile
+++ b/converters/py-svglib/Makefile
@@ -1,31 +1,33 @@
 PORTNAME=	svglib
-DISTVERSION=	1.5.1
-PORTREVISION=	4
+DISTVERSION=	1.6.0
 CATEGORIES=	converters python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	kai@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Pure-Python library for reading and converting SVG
 WWW=		https://github.com/deeplook/svglib
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hatchling>=0:devel/py-hatchling@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cssselect2>=0.2.0:textproc/py-cssselect2@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}lxml>0:devel/py-lxml@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}reportlab>0:print/py-reportlab@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}lxml>=6.0.0:devel/py-lxml@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}reportlab>=4.4.3:print/py-reportlab@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}rlpycairo>=0.4.0:graphics/py-rlpycairo@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}tinycss2>=0.6.0:textproc/py-tinycss2@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		cpe python
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils pytest
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517 pytest
 CPE_VENDOR=	svglib_project
+# test_font_family leads to assertion errors
 PYTEST_IGNORED_TESTS=	test_font_family
 
 TEST_ENV=	PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 
 CONFLICTS_INSTALL=	svg2pdf # bin/svg2pdf
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/converters/py-svglib/distinfo b/converters/py-svglib/distinfo
index 14f62031267f..d1ad4daa0af7 100644
--- a/converters/py-svglib/distinfo
+++ b/converters/py-svglib/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1677150655
-SHA256 (svglib-1.5.1.tar.gz) = 3ae765d3a9409ee60c0fb4d24c2deb6a80617aa927054f5bcd7fc98f0695e587
-SIZE (svglib-1.5.1.tar.gz) = 913900
+TIMESTAMP = 1762691695
+SHA256 (svglib-1.6.0.tar.gz) = 4c38a274a744ef0d1677f55d5d62fc0fb798819f813e52872a796e615741733d
+SIZE (svglib-1.6.0.tar.gz) = 1318276