diff --git a/textproc/py-pscript/Makefile b/textproc/py-pscript/Makefile
index f75c9f89a8b8..10b476eab8cb 100644
--- a/textproc/py-pscript/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-pscript/Makefile
@@ -1,19 +1,21 @@
 PORTNAME=	pscript
-DISTVERSION=	0.7.7
+DISTVERSION=	0.8.0
 CATEGORIES=	textproc python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	DtxdF@disroot.org
 COMMENT=	Python to JavaScript compiler
 WWW=		https://pscript.readthedocs.io/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}flit-core>=0:devel/py-flit-core@${PY_FLAVOR}
+
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/py-pscript/distinfo b/textproc/py-pscript/distinfo
index 7984b258bc3f..c2b3a0140b8b 100644
--- a/textproc/py-pscript/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/py-pscript/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1729895797
-SHA256 (pscript-0.7.7.tar.gz) = 8632f7a4483f235514aadee110edee82eb6d67336bf68744a7b18d76e50442f8
-SIZE (pscript-0.7.7.tar.gz) = 176138
+TIMESTAMP = 1739414359
+SHA256 (pscript-0.8.0.tar.gz) = d24e72a077c0fd37d2043c60de8742531273500ccfe9ff6d22269685f1edd1d8
+SIZE (pscript-0.8.0.tar.gz) = 104277