diff --git a/misc/py-pyct/Makefile b/misc/py-pyct/Makefile
index 769b58f25595..7c4732586268 100644
--- a/misc/py-pyct/Makefile
+++ b/misc/py-pyct/Makefile
@@ -1,22 +1,27 @@
 PORTNAME=	pyct
-DISTVERSION=	0.5.0
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	0.6.0
 CATEGORIES=	misc
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Python package for common tasks for users: copy examples, fetch data
 WWW=		https://github.com/pyviz-dev/pyct
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hatchling>=1.25.0:devel/py-hatchling@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hatch-vcs>=0.4.0:devel/py-hatch-vcs@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}param>=1.7.0:devel/py-param@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
-USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils concurrent autoplist pytest
+USES=		python shebangfix
+USE_PYTHON=	pep517 concurrent autoplist pytest
+
+SHEBANG_FILES=	pyct/report.py
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
+# tests as of 0.6.0: 20 passed, 1 warning in 20.37s
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/misc/py-pyct/distinfo b/misc/py-pyct/distinfo
index 2db29db00b3b..54d4f75babf9 100644
--- a/misc/py-pyct/distinfo
+++ b/misc/py-pyct/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1675143107
-SHA256 (pyct-0.5.0.tar.gz) = dd9f4ac5cbd8e37c352c04036062d3c5f67efec76d404761ef16b0cbf26aa6a0
-SIZE (pyct-0.5.0.tar.gz) = 15837
+TIMESTAMP = 1785521876
+SHA256 (pyct-0.6.0.tar.gz) = d4e513b2cf35b6165605ae5fce5f2a49985bc67473c579de85134b8c71d374a8
+SIZE (pyct-0.6.0.tar.gz) = 14586
diff --git a/misc/py-pyct/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/misc/py-pyct/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5413579ee2f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/py-pyct/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+-- Convert the deprecated string form of project.license to the PEP 621
+-- table form and remove project.license-files, both required by the
+-- setuptools version available in the ports tree.
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-07-31 21:30:43.120920000 -0700
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
+ dynamic = ["version"]
+ readme = "README.md"
+ description = "Python package common tasks for users (e.g. copy examples, fetch data, ...)"
+-license = "BSD-3-Clause"
+-license-files = ["LICENSE.txt"]
++license = {text = "BSD-3-Clause"}
+ requires-python = ">=3.8"
+ authors = [
+     {name = "HoloViz", email = "developers@holoviz.org"}