diff --git a/devel/py-yamllint/Makefile b/devel/py-yamllint/Makefile
index b159cda58c5c..421ebf77bcfa 100644
--- a/devel/py-yamllint/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-yamllint/Makefile
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 PORTNAME=	yamllint
-PORTVERSION=	1.37.1
+PORTVERSION=	1.38.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	matthew@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Linter for YAML files
 WWW=		https://github.com/adrienverge/yamllint
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pathspec>=0.5.3:devel/py-pathspec@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyyaml>=0:devel/py-pyyaml@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest>0:devel/py-pytest@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517 pytest
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-yamllint/distinfo b/devel/py-yamllint/distinfo
index 19a5a460e14c..d91eaecdf314 100644
--- a/devel/py-yamllint/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-yamllint/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1746423699
-SHA256 (yamllint-1.37.1.tar.gz) = 81f7c0c5559becc8049470d86046b36e96113637bcbe4753ecef06977c00245d
-SIZE (yamllint-1.37.1.tar.gz) = 141613
+TIMESTAMP = 1770064179
+SHA256 (yamllint-1.38.0.tar.gz) = 09e5f29531daab93366bb061e76019d5e91691ef0a40328f04c927387d1d364d
+SIZE (yamllint-1.38.0.tar.gz) = 142446
diff --git a/devel/py-yamllint/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/devel/py-yamllint/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..81cf7456400c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-yamllint/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-01-13 07:47:21 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.10"
+ description = "A linter for YAML files."
+ readme = {file = "README.rst", content-type = "text/x-rst"}
+ requires-python = ">=3.10"
+-license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
++license = { text = "GPL-3.0-or-later" }
+ authors = [{name = "Adrien Vergé"}]
+ keywords = ["yaml", "lint", "linter", "syntax", "checker"]
+ classifiers = [
+@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+ 
+ [build-system]
+ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+-requires = ["setuptools >= 77.0.3"]
++requires = ["setuptools >= 61"]
+ 
+ [tool.setuptools]
+ packages = ["yamllint", "yamllint.conf", "yamllint.rules"]