diff --git a/www/py-dj52-django-modelcluster/Makefile b/www/py-dj52-django-modelcluster/Makefile
index 1e7958a930ef..90eb6d787916 100644
--- a/www/py-dj52-django-modelcluster/Makefile
+++ b/www/py-dj52-django-modelcluster/Makefile
@@ -1,29 +1,29 @@
 PORTNAME=	django-modelcluster
-PORTVERSION=	6.4.1
+PORTVERSION=	6.5
 CATEGORIES=	www python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}dj52-
 DISTNAME=	django_modelcluster-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Django extension for working with clusters of models as a single unit
 WWW=		https://github.com/wagtail/django-modelcluster
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}django52>=4.2:www/py-django52@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	TAGGIT
 TAGGIT_DESC=	Tagging support
 
 TAGGIT_RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}dj52-django-taggit>=3.1:www/py-dj52-django-taggit@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/www/py-dj52-django-modelcluster/distinfo b/www/py-dj52-django-modelcluster/distinfo
index 3a04a452d39c..db50ac4cbeb4 100644
--- a/www/py-dj52-django-modelcluster/distinfo
+++ b/www/py-dj52-django-modelcluster/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1771421756
-SHA256 (django_modelcluster-6.4.1.tar.gz) = e736fcee925f83b63218dbf9c869ab50618b0f5e98869a5aa497f7a5331aa263
-SIZE (django_modelcluster-6.4.1.tar.gz) = 29029
+TIMESTAMP = 1778246855
+SHA256 (django_modelcluster-6.5.tar.gz) = 459cbf0fb3bbc8c15ea9a2a062abc0d1ef935a38e04aa8ac3cb241c826bbc6dd
+SIZE (django_modelcluster-6.5.tar.gz) = 29707
diff --git a/www/py-dj52-django-modelcluster/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/www/py-dj52-django-modelcluster/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..469d13e7d759
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/py-dj52-django-modelcluster/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-05-01 12:25:03 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+ [build-system]
+ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+-requires = [ "setuptools>=71" ]
++requires = [ "setuptools>=61" ]
+ 
+ [project]
+ name = "django-modelcluster"
+@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ keywords = [ "cluster", "django", "model" ]
+ description = "Django extension to allow working with 'clusters' of models as a single unit, independently of the database"
+ readme = "README.rst"
+ keywords = [ "cluster", "django", "model" ]
+-license = "BSD-3-Clause"
++license = { text = "BSD-3-Clause" }
+ authors = [
+   { name = "Matthew Westcott", email = "matthew.westcott@torchbox.com" },
+   { name = "Wagtail Team", email = "hello@wagtail.org" },