diff --git a/devel/py-pyplusplus/Makefile b/devel/py-pyplusplus/Makefile
index 1b4d393f18b5..c01b363a4bf7 100644
--- a/devel/py-pyplusplus/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-pyplusplus/Makefile
@@ -1,21 +1,23 @@
 PORTNAME=	pyplusplus
-DISTVERSION=	1.8.5
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	1.8.7
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Framework of components for creating a C++ code generator
 WWW=		https://github.com/ompl/pyplusplus
 
 LICENSE=	BSL
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pygccxml>0:textproc/py-pygccxml@${PY_FLAVOR}
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pygccxml>0:textproc/py-pygccxml@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pygccxml>0:textproc/py-pygccxml@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
+
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-pyplusplus/distinfo b/devel/py-pyplusplus/distinfo
index 1e8327763334..a743dc8168b5 100644
--- a/devel/py-pyplusplus/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-pyplusplus/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1650680224
-SHA256 (pyplusplus-1.8.5.tar.gz) = 06b5d3c80d0384f736e36df6968336ee3b8adaae5bf76d353fa35253e39e4b76
-SIZE (pyplusplus-1.8.5.tar.gz) = 3402548
+TIMESTAMP = 1781207534
+SHA256 (pyplusplus-1.8.7.tar.gz) = 976952d427774a2e4f8e4658abfa2fb847405757d2b46d500f68662ef822a7e6
+SIZE (pyplusplus-1.8.7.tar.gz) = 170264