diff --git a/graphics/py-imageio/Makefile b/graphics/py-imageio/Makefile
index 2d8942b996ad..76c7f43d4143 100644
--- a/graphics/py-imageio/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/py-imageio/Makefile
@@ -1,55 +1,54 @@
 PORTNAME=	imageio
-PORTVERSION=	2.37.0
-PORTREVISION=	3
+PORTVERSION=	2.37.3
 CATEGORIES=	graphics python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI \
 		https://github.com/imageio/imageio/releases/download/v${PORTVERSION}/
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Python library for reading and writing image, video formats
 WWW=		https://imageio.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ \
 		https://github.com/imageio/imageio
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=61.0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libfreeimage.so:graphics/freeimage
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=0,1:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pillow>=8.3.2:graphics/py-pillow@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	opencv>=0:graphics/opencv \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}astropy>=0:astro/py-astropy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}av>=0:multimedia/py-av@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}gdal>=0:graphics/py-gdal@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}fsspec>=0:filesystems/py-fsspec@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-cov>=0:devel/py-pytest-cov@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}tifffile>=0:graphics/py-tifffile@${PY_FLAVOR}
 # filesystems/py-fsspec[github]
 TEST_DEPENDS+=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}requests>=0:www/py-requests@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517 pytest
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	FFMPEG FITS PILLOW_HEIF PYAV RAWPY TIFFFILE
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=FFMPEG
 FFMPEG_DESC=		Read/Write video using FFmpeg
 FITS_DESC=		Read FITS files
 PILLOW_HEIF_DESC=	Read HEIF files
 PYAV_DESC=		Read/Write video and image files
 RAWPY_DESC=		Read/Write images via rawpy
 TIFFFILE_DESC=		Read/Write TIFF files
 
 FFMPEG_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}imageio-ffmpeg>=0:graphics/py-imageio-ffmpeg@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 			${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}psutil>=0:sysutils/py-psutil@${PY_FLAVOR}
 FITS_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}astropy>=0,2:astro/py-astropy@${PY_FLAVOR}
 PILLOW_HEIF_RUN_DEPENDS=${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pillow-heif>=0:graphics/py-pillow-heif@${PY_FLAVOR}
 PYAV_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}av>=0:multimedia/py-av@${PY_FLAVOR}
-RAWPY_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=0,1:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+RAWPY_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=2,1:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 			${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}rawpy>=0:graphics/py-rawpy@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TIFFFILE_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}tifffile>=0:graphics/py-tifffile@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/graphics/py-imageio/distinfo b/graphics/py-imageio/distinfo
index 7f445da0d815..8bcef0d2ce15 100644
--- a/graphics/py-imageio/distinfo
+++ b/graphics/py-imageio/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1738089100
-SHA256 (imageio-2.37.0.tar.gz) = 71b57b3669666272c818497aebba2b4c5f20d5b37c81720e5e1a56d59c492996
-SIZE (imageio-2.37.0.tar.gz) = 389963
+TIMESTAMP = 1784005256
+SHA256 (imageio-2.37.3.tar.gz) = bbb37efbfc4c400fcd534b367b91fcd66d5da639aaa138034431a1c5e0a41451
+SIZE (imageio-2.37.3.tar.gz) = 389673
diff --git a/graphics/py-imageio/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/graphics/py-imageio/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bbe5741bb150
--- /dev/null
+++ b/graphics/py-imageio/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-03-09 11:30:49 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+ 
+ [project]
+-name = "ImageIO"
++name = "imageio"
+ version = "2.37.3"
+ authors = [
+     {name = "ImageIO contributors"}
+@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ description = "Read and write images and video across 
+ dynamic = ["readme"]
+ description = "Read and write images and video across all major formats. Supports scientific and volumetric data."
+ 
+-license = "BSD-2-Clause"
+-license-files = ["LICENSE"]
++license = {text = "BSD-2-Clause"}
+ requires-python = ">=3.10"
+ dependencies = [
+     "numpy",
diff --git a/graphics/py-imageio/files/patch-setup.py b/graphics/py-imageio/files/patch-setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index bab5ba4a6a6f..000000000000
--- a/graphics/py-imageio/files/patch-setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- setup.py.orig	2024-10-14 02:48:52 UTC
-+++ setup.py
-@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ cpython_only_plugins = {
- 
- cpython_only_plugins = {
-     "fits": ["astropy"],
--    "rawpy": ["rawpy", "numpy>2"],
-+    "rawpy": ["rawpy", "numpy"],
- }
- 
- extras_require = {